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.)
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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
M1316 Forsterite / Enstatite / Diopside CSIRO Diopside, Enstatite, Forsterite, Fe, Quartz (1.0%) 1.0 0 —
M2082 Spodumene CSIRO Quartz (1.0%), Spodumene 1.0 0 —
M2101 Pollucite CSIRO Orthoclase, Pollucite, Quartz (1.0%) 1.0 1 Reflectance
M2222-63712 Diopside CSIRO Diopside, Fe2+, Quartz (1.0%) 1.0 0 —
M2222-65916 Hedenbergite / Augite CSIRO Augite, Hedenbergite, Na, Quartz (1.0%) 1.0 0 —
M2514 Spessartine CSIRO Galena, Quartz (1.0%), Spessartine 1.0 1 Reflectance
MES082 Omphacite / Ferro-glaucophane / Epidote CSIRO Actinolite, Albite, Calcite, Epidote, Ferro-glaucophane, Majorite, Omphacite, Quartz (1.0%), Titanite 1.0 0 —
MES084 Labradorite / Fayalite / Enstatite CSIRO Enstatite, Fe, Fayalite, Mg, Ilmenite, Labradorite, Phlogopite, Fe, Quartz (1.0%) 1.0 0 —
MES085 Aegirine / Microcline CSIRO Aegirine, Microcline, Quartz (1.0%) 1.0 0 —
MES124 Microcline / Hambergite / Albite CSIRO Albite, Ankerite, Cookeite, Hambergite, 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 Nacrite / Dickite CSIRO Calcite, Dickite, Nacrite, Quartz (0.5%) 0.5 0 —
NR-CHL-136 Clinochlore CSIRO Clinochlore, Fe, Quartz (0.5%) 0.5 0 —
NRCHE01 Quartz CSIRO Quartz — 1 Reflectance
S-18-001 Monazite CSIRO Calcium carbonate, Cassiterite, Crandallite, 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, Mg, Fe, Epidote, Garnet, Grossular, Ilmenite, Ilmenite, 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