Quartz [ SiO2 ]

Images of Quartz

Material properties

Formula SiO2
Abbreviation Qz
Variants microcrystalline, volcanic phenocrysts, hydrothermal, granitic, pegmatitic, synthetic, crystalline, glass, smoky, igneous, rose, metamorphic
Classification Silica
Members Amethyst, Jasper, Flint, Chalcedony, Agate, Citrine
Luminescence emitters AlO4, (AlO4)0 hole traps, Dangling non-bridging oxygen ions, Defect, Extrinsic, Fe, FeO4, GeO4, (H3O4)0 hole traps, H4O4, Intrinsic, Intrinsic defect, Mn, NBOHC, Oxygen orbitals?, Reststrahlen, RSC, Self trapped exciton, Si-O, SiO4, SiOm[n-], Ti, TiO4, Unknown, Unspecified, UO2, Vacancy, Vacancy?, Various
Spectra Luminescence (5), Reflectance (3)
IMA Status Approved (IMA 1967 s.p.)
Search other databases webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Related materials Coesite, Cristobalite, Mogánite, Seifertite, Stishovite, Tridymite
Crystal symmetry Amorphous
Tags Mineral, Synthetic, Simple oxide, Simple oxide

Composition

Element Atoms
Si 1
O 2
Total: 3

References for Quartz

Reference
Lines Spectra Images
Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence, other 0 2 0
Trukhin & Plaudis 1979 2 0 0
Vasyukova et al. 2013 1 0 0

Specimens of Quartz

Name Owner Materials Phase purity Image Spectra Techniques
M0324 Chalcopyrite CSIRO Chalcopyrite, Jarosite, Quartz (46.0%) 46.0 0 —
M1891 Quartz / Scheelite / Calcite CSIRO Calcite, Quartz (45.9%), Scheelite 45.9 0 —
M0638 Hematite / Quartz CSIRO Hematite, Maghemite, Quartz (45.1%) 45.1 0 —
MES118 Quartz / Spessartine CSIRO Dolomite, Pyroxmangite, Quartz (44.4%), Spessartine 44.4 0 —
M2843 Eucryptite CSIRO Clinochlore, Fe, Cookeite, Eucryptite, Kaolinite, poorly crystalline, Prehnite, Quartz (44.0%) 44.0 1 Reflectance
M0185 Scheelite CSIRO Ankerite, Magnesio-hornblende, Fe2+, Molybdenite-2H, Quartz (42.9%), Scheelite 42.9 0 —
M1772 Monazite CSIRO Monazite, Monazite-(Ce), Quartz (41.3%) 41.3 1 Reflectance
M0194 Stibnite CSIRO Microcline, Quartz (41.2%), Stibnite 41.2 0 —
M0852 Rhodochrosite / Quartz CSIRO Pyrite, Quartz (40.6%), Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite 40.6 0 —
MES201 Quartz / Calcite / Aragonite CSIRO Albite, Ca, Aragonite, Calcite, Microcline, Orthoclase, Quartz (40.0%) 40.0 0 —
M2597 Bornite / Quartz / Digenite CSIRO Ankerite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Digenite, Quartz (39.0%) 39.0 0 —
M2783 Goethite / Quartz CSIRO Cassiterite, Goethite, Quartz (38.7%) 38.7 0 —
M0191 Stibnite CSIRO Quartz (36.9%), Stibnite 36.9 0 —
M0330 Bornite CSIRO Bornite, Quartz (36.8%) 36.8 0 —
M1413 Quartz / Grossular / Almandine CSIRO Almandine, Clinochlore, Fe, Grossular, Ilmenite, Muscovite-1M, Quartz (36.5%) 36.5 0 —
M2478 Bornite / Quartz / Digenite CSIRO Bornite, Chalcocite, Digenite, Quartz (36.3%) 36.3 0 —
M0268 Cinnabar CSIRO Cinnabar, Hematite, Quartz (35.7%) 35.7 0 —
M2324 Scheelite / Quartz CSIRO Fluorapatite, Quartz (35.7%), Scheelite 35.7 0 —
PSP_E Eucryptite CSIRO Cookeite, Eucryptite, Kaolinite, poorly crystalline, Pollucite, Quartz (35.0%) 35.0 1 Reflectance
M1077 Ferberite / Quartz CSIRO Ferberite, Quartz (33.7%), Scheelite 33.7 0 —
M1155 Fluorapatite / Quartz CSIRO Calcite, Fluorapatite, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (33.0%) 33.0 0 —
M0014 Stibnite CSIRO Ankerite, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (31.6%), Stibnite 31.6 0 —
M0339 Pyrite CSIRO Ankerite, Dolomite, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Pyrite, Quartz (31.0%) 31.0 0 —
CP054 Pegmatite CSIRO Albite, Microcline, Muscovite-2M1, Orthoclase, Pegmatite, Quartz (30.3%), Spodumene 30.3 0 —
M0196 Stibnite CSIRO Quartz (29.4%), Stibiocolumbite, Stibnite 29.4 0 —