Quartz [ SiO2 ]

Images of Quartz

Material properties

Formula SiO2
Abbreviation Qz
IMA Status Approved (IMA 1967 s.p.)
Crystal symmetry Amorphous
Classification Silica
Members Amethyst, Flint, Chalcedony, Citrine, Agate, Jasper
Variants metamorphic, hydrothermal, volcanic phenocrysts, synthetic, glass, microcrystalline, crystalline, pegmatitic, igneous, smoky, rose, granitic
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
M0329 Bornite CSIRO Bornite, Djurleite, Quartz (4.4%) 4.4 0 —
M0193 Stibnite CSIRO Calcite, Quartz (4.2%), Stibnite 4.2 0 —
API H46-1 Palygorskite CSIRO Montmorillonite, Palygorskite, Quartz (4.1%), Sepiolite 4.1 0 —
MES177 Actinolite NVCL, AuScope Limited Actinolite, Clinochlore (var. Fe), Quartz (4.1%), Tremolite 4.1 2 Reflectance
M0279 Arsenopyrite in Siderite CSIRO Arsenopyrite, Quartz (4.0%), Siderite 4.0 0 —
M1109 Diopside CSIRO Diopside, Quartz (4.0%), Talc, Tremolite 4.0 0 —
NR139 Hedenbergite CSIRO Galena, Hedenbergite, Quartz (4.0%), Skiagite 4.0 0 —
M0232 Boulangerite CSIRO Boulangerite, Galena, Quartz (3.8%) 3.8 0 —
M1593 Biotite CSIRO Biotite, Biotite-1M, Biotite-2M1, Quartz (3.8%) 3.8 0 —
M2197 Diopside CSIRO Diopside (var. Fe2+), Quartz (3.8%) 3.8 0 —
M0637 Hematite CSIRO Hematite, Quartz (3.7%) 3.7 0 —
M0229 Molybdenite CSIRO Chalcopyrite, Microcline, Molybdenite, Molybdenite-2H, Quartz (3.5%) 3.5 0 —
NR-ACT-02 Actinolite CSIRO Actinolite, Clinochlore (var. Fe), Magnetite, Quartz (3.5%), Tremolite 3.5 2 Reflectance
M0172 Andradite CSIRO Andradite, Quartz (3.4%) 3.4 0 —
M2098 Siderite CSIRO Quartz (3.2%), Siderite 3.2 1 Reflectance
M0302 Sphalerite CSIRO Ankerite, Chalcopyrite, Dolomite, Galena, Quartz (3.0%), Sphalerite 3.0 0 —
M1234 Jarosite CSIRO Jarosite, Quartz (3.0%) 3.0 0 —
MES123 Pollucite CSIRO Orthoclase, Pollucite, Quartz (3.0%) 3.0 1 Reflectance
MES301 Danburite CSIRO Calcite, Danburite, Quartz (3.0%) 3.0 1 Reflectance
M0331 Bornite CSIRO Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz (2.9%) 2.9 0 —
M1847 Chalcopyrite CSIRO Chalcopyrite, Dolomite, Jarosite, Pyrrhotite-4M, Quartz (2.9%) 2.9 0 —
M1296 Petalite CSIRO Albite (var. Ca), Microcline, Muscovite-2M1, Orthoclase, Petalite, Quartz (2.8%) 2.8 1 Reflectance
M2755 Bornite CSIRO Barite, Bornite, Pyrite, Quartz (2.7%), Stromeyerite, Tetrahedrite-(Cu) 2.7 0 —
M1348 Pyrope CSIRO Magnetite, Pyrope, Quartz (2.5%), Zircon 2.5 0 —
M2742 Chalcocite CSIRO Bornite, Chalcocite-Digenite Group, Chalcopyrite, Digenite (var. high), Djurleite, Hematite, Quartz (2.5%) 2.5 0 —