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
M2082 Spodumene CSIRO Quartz (1.0%), Spodumene 1.0 0 —
M2101 Pollucite CSIRO Orthoclase, Pollucite, Quartz (1.0%) 1.0 1 Reflectance
M2222 Augite CSIRO Augite, Diopside (var. Fe2+), Hedenbergite (var. Na), Quartz (1.0%) 1.0 0 —
M2514 Spessartine CSIRO Galena, Quartz (1.0%), Spessartine 1.0 1 Reflectance
MES082 Omphacite CSIRO Actinolite, Albite, Calcite, Epidote, Ferro-glaucophane, Majorite, Omphacite, Quartz (1.0%), Titanite 1.0 0 —
MES084 Ferrosilite CSIRO Enstatite (var. Fe), Fayalite (var. Mg), Ilmenite, Labradorite, Phlogopite (var. Fe), Quartz (1.0%) 1.0 0 —
MES085 Aegirine CSIRO Aegirine, Microcline, Quartz (1.0%) 1.0 0 —
MES124 Hambergite CSIRO Albite, Ankerite, Cookeite, Hambergite (var. F), Microcline, Orthoclase, Quartz (1.0%) 1.0 0 —
MES126 Danburite CSIRO Calcite, Danburite, Quartz (1.0%) 1.0 1 Reflectance
MES204 Pollucite CSIRO Pollucite, Quartz (1.0%) 1.0 1 Reflectance
PSP_B Beryl CSIRO Beryl, Quartz (1.0%) 1.0 1 Reflectance
SCa-3 Montmorillonite CSIRO Montmorillonite, Quartz (1.0%) 1.0 0 —
M2726 Bornite CSIRO Bornite, Quartz (0.8%) 0.8 0 —
APIH15 Dickite CSIRO Calcite, Dickite, Nacrite, Quartz (0.5%) 0.5 0 —
NR-CHL-136 Chlorite CSIRO Clinochlore (var. Fe), Quartz (0.5%) 0.5 0 —
NR-CHE-01-2 Quartz CSIRO Quartz — 0 —
S-18-001 Monazite CSIRO Calcium carbonate, Cassiterite, Crandallite (var. REE), Fluorapatite, Monazite-(Ce), Quartz, Scheelite, Thorite, Wolframite, Xenotime-(Y), Zircon — 3 CL
S-20-003 ZnS CSIRO Baryte, Galena, Magnesium oxide, Quartz, Zinc oxide, Zinc sulphide — 2 CL
Tista 2020 D4 Shaker CSIRO Albite, Allanite-(Ce), Amphibole, Andesine, Apatite, Augite, Biotite, Bytownite, Chlorite (var. Mg, Fe), Epidote, Garnet, Grossular, Ilmenite, Ilmenite (var. Mn), K feldspar, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Muscovite, Oligoclase, Pyroxene, Quartz, Staurolite, Titanite, Titanohematite, Xenotime-(Y), Zircon, Zoisite — 46 CL, EDS
Tista 2020 D4 Zircon conc CSIRO Albite, Apatite, Biotite, Florencite-(Ce), Ilmenite, K feldspar, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Rutile, Scheelite, Titanite, Zircon, Zoisite — 27 CL, EDS