Quartz
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Properties
| Formula | SiO2 |
| Abbreviation | Qz |
| Variants | metamorphic, granitic, volcanic phenocrysts, pegmatitic, igneous, hydrothermal |
| Classification | Silica |
| Members | Chalcedony, Agate |
| Luminescence emitters | (AlO4)0 hole traps, [AlO4|M+]- center, Dangling non-bridging oxygen ions, Defect, Fe, (H3O4)0 hole traps, (H4O4)0, Intrinsic defect, NBOHC, Oxygen orbitals?, Oxygen vacancy, Oxygen vacancy?, Self trapped exciton, Ti, Unspecified |
| Spectra | Luminescence (5) |
| IMA Status | Approved (IMA 1967 s.p.) |
| Search other databases | webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database |
| Related materials | Coesite, Cristobalite, Mogánite, Seifertite, Stishovite, Tridymite |
| Tags | Mineral, Simple oxide, Simple oxide |
Composition
| Element | Atoms |
|---|---|
| Si | 1 |
| O | 2 |
| Total: | 3 |
References
| Reference | Lines | Spectra | Images |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant & White 1978 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gritsenko & Lisitsyn 1985 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Götze 2000c | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Holness & Watt 2001 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Leeman et al. 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luff & Townsend 1990 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Moore & Karakus 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CSIRO CL spectra 2011 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Preusser et al. 2009 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Remond et al. 1992 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Richter et al. 2003 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Rink et al. 1993 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence, other | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Trukhin & Plaudis 1979 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vasyukova et al. 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 |