Quartz [ SiO2 ]

Images of Quartz

Material properties

Formula SiO2
Abbreviation Qz
IMA Status Approved (IMA 1967 s.p.)
Crystal symmetry Amorphous
Classification Silica
Members Agate, Citrine, Chalcedony, Jasper, Flint, Amethyst
Variants smoky, rose, hydrothermal, glass, crystalline, igneous, pegmatitic, metamorphic, synthetic, volcanic phenocrysts, granitic, microcrystalline
Related materials Coesite, Cristobalite, Mogánite, Seifertite, Stishovite, Tridymite
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?, Self trapped exciton, SiO4, SiOm[n-], Ti, TiO4, Unknown, Unspecified, UO2, Vacancy, Vacancy?, Various
Reflectance lines Reststrahlen, RSC, Si-O
Spectra Luminescence (5), Reflectance (5)
Search other databases webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Tags Mineral, Simple oxide, Synthetic

Composition

Element Atoms
Si 1
O 2
Total: 3

References for Quartz

Reference
Lines Spectra Images
Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence 2 2 1
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
MT8257 Andesine CSIRO Albite, Andesine, Microcline, Quartz (25.9%) 25.9 0 —
MES066 Staurolite CSIRO Quartz (25.3%), Staurolite 25.3 0 —
M0764 Goethite CSIRO Goethite, Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz (25.0%) 25.0 0 —
SBCa-1 Beidellite CSIRO Anatase, Beidellite, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Quartz (24.9%) 24.9 0 —
M0801 Hematite CSIRO Goethite, Hematite, Quartz (23.7%) 23.7 0 —
M0440 Cerussite CSIRO Anglesite, Cerussite, Quartz (23.4%) 23.4 0 —
M0186 Stibnite CSIRO Calcite (var. Mg), Litharge, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (22.9%), Siderite (var. Mg, Ca), Siderite, Stibnite, Wüstite 22.9 0 —
Erwan2 Biotite CSIRO Albite (var. Ca), Biotite, Biotite-1M, Clinochlore (var. Fe), Quartz (22.4%) 22.4 0 —
M1210 Wolframite CSIRO Ferberite, Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz (19.7%), Wolframite 19.7 0 —
M1855 Chalcopyrite CSIRO Chalcopyrite, Clinochlore (var. Fe), Fluorite, Jarosite, Pyrite, Quartz (18.9%) 18.9 0 —
M0776 Goethite CSIRO Goethite, Magnetite, Quartz (17.6%) 17.6 0 —
Swa-1 Ferruginous smectite CSIRO Goethite, Montmorillonite (var. Fe), Quartz (17.3%), Smectite (var. Fe) 17.3 0 —
M0199 Stibnite CSIRO Muscovite-1M, Quartz (16.6%), Stibnite 16.6 0 —
M2229 Goethite CSIRO Goethite, Hematite, Quartz (16.3%) 16.3 0 —
M0215 Molybdenite CSIRO Molybdenite, Molybdenite-2H, Molybdenite-3R, Quartz (16.1%) 16.1 0 —
M2581 Arsenopyrite CSIRO Arsenopyrite, Dolomite, Muscovite-1M, Pyrite, Quartz (16.0%), Siderite 16.0 0 —
M2713 Sanmartinite / Ferberite / Quartz CSIRO Ferberite, Quartz (15.4%), Sanmartinite 15.4 0 —
API H31 Smectite CSIRO Anatase, Hematite, Illite-Smectite 12.0A, Kaolinite, Quartz (15.1%), Smectite (group) 15.1 0 —
MT8388a Palygorskite CSIRO Goethite, Montmorillonite, Palygorskite, Quartz (14.1%) 14.1 0 —
M0142 Copper CSIRO Cobaltite, Copper, Gold, Quartz (13.8%), Spessartine, Tennantite-(Cu) 13.8 0 —
NR-Act-01 Talc CSIRO Albite, Clinochlore (var. Fe), Hematite, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (13.0%), Talc, Tremolite 13.0 0 —
M2245 Bornite CSIRO Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz (12.8%) 12.8 0 —
193 Fuchsite CSIRO Calcite, Clinochlore (var. Fe), Dolomite, Fuchsite, Muscovite-2M1 (var. Cr), Pyrite, Quartz (12.1%) 12.1 0 —
M1260 Wolframite CSIRO Ferberite, Quartz (12.1%), Wolframite 12.1 0 —
M0015 Molybdenite CSIRO Albite, Molybdenite, Molybdenite-2H, Molybdenite-3R, Quartz (12.0%) 12.0 0 —