Quartz [ SiO2 ]

Images of Quartz

Material properties

Formula SiO2
Abbreviation Qz
Variants crystalline, smoky, pegmatitic, granitic, volcanic phenocrysts, microcrystalline, igneous, rose, synthetic, metamorphic, glass, hydrothermal
Classification Silica
Members Flint, Chalcedony, Jasper, Amethyst, 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
M0380 Marcasite / Fluorocronite CSIRO Anglesite, Fluorocronite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Quartz (1.6%) 1.6 0 —
M0404 Boulangerite CSIRO Boulangerite, Quartz (1.6%) 1.6 0 —
M0865 Dolomite / Calcite CSIRO Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz (1.6%) 1.6 0 —
M2203 Sphalerite CSIRO Quartz (1.5%), Sphalerite 1.5 0 —
M2730 Chalcopyrite CSIRO Chalcopyrite, Quartz (1.5%) 1.5 0 —
MT8494 Bytownite CSIRO Bytownite, Quartz (1.5%), Thomsonite-Ca 1.5 0 —
M0781 Goethite CSIRO Goethite, Quartz (1.4%) 1.4 0 —
M1339 Andradite CSIRO Andradite, Fluorite, Magnetite, Quartz (1.4%) 1.4 0 —
M2803 Malachite / Montmorillonite / Goethite CSIRO Goethite, Hematite, Malachite, Montmorillonite, Quartz (1.4%) 1.4 0 —
46E3372 Grossular CSIRO Albite, Albite, Ca, Fluorapatite, Grossular, Orthoclase, Quartz (1.3%), Titanite 1.3 0 —
M1611 Microcline / Albite CSIRO Albite, Ca, Microcline, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (1.3%) 1.3 0 —
MT8330 Epidote CSIRO Clinochlore, Fe, Epidote, Quartz (1.3%), Titanite 1.3 0 —
MT8503 Oligoclase CSIRO Muscovite-2M1, Oligoclase, Quartz (1.3%) 1.3 0 —
M0198 Stibnite CSIRO Quartz (1.2%), Senarmontite, Stibiocolumbite, Stibnite, Valentinite 1.2 0 —
M0311 Cuprite CSIRO Cuprite, Quartz (1.2%) 1.2 0 —
M0317 Chalcopyrite CSIRO Chalcopyrite, Jarosite, Quartz (1.2%) 1.2 0 —
M0342 Pyrite CSIRO Pyrite, Quartz (1.2%), Szomolnokite 1.2 0 —
M1284 Orthoclase CSIRO Albite, Ca, Microcline, Muscovite-2M1, Orthoclase, Quartz (1.2%) 1.2 0 —
M2027 Lepidolite / Muscovite CSIRO Lepidolite, Lepidolite-1M, Lepidolite-2M1, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (1.2%) 1.2 2 Reflectance
M2290 Ferberite CSIRO Ferberite, Quartz (1.2%) 1.2 0 —
M2746 Chalcopyrite CSIRO Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz (1.2%), Szomolnokite 1.2 0 —
NR118 Microcline / Albite CSIRO Albite, Ca, Microcline, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (1.2%) 1.2 0 —
NR62 Microcline / Albite CSIRO Albite, Microcline, Orthoclase, Quartz (1.2%) 1.2 0 —
M0197 Stibnite CSIRO Quartz (1.1%), Senarmontite, Stibiocolumbite, Stibnite 1.1 0 —
M0656 Goethite / Cuprite CSIRO Clinochlore, Fe, Cuprite, Fluorite, Goethite, Hematite, Malachite, Quartz (1.0%) 1.0 0 —