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
M0133 Molybdenite CSIRO Molybdenite-2H, Quartz (2.4%) 2.4 0 —
M0281 Djurleite CSIRO Bastnäsite, Chalcocite-Digenite Group, Djurleite, Florencite, Pyromorphite, Quadratite, Quartz (2.4%), Stromeyerite 2.4 0 —
M1335 Almandine CSIRO Almandine, Quartz (2.4%) 2.4 1 Reflectance
M2253 Covellite CSIRO Chalcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Orthoclase, Quartz (2.4%) 2.4 0 —
MES108 Andradite CSIRO Andradite, Calcite, Hematite, Quartz (2.4%) 2.4 0 —
SHCa1.2 Hectorite CSIRO Ankerite, Calcite (var. Mg), Hectorite, Quartz (2.4%) 2.4 0 —
M0340 Pyrite CSIRO Pyrite, Quartz (2.3%), Rhomboclase, Szomolnokite 2.3 0 —
M0395 Bournonite CSIRO Anglesite, Bournonite, Calcite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz (2.3%), Robinsonite, Siderite 2.3 0 —
M0652 Goethite CSIRO Goethite, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (2.2%) 2.2 0 —
M2600 Pyrite CSIRO Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz (2.1%) 2.1 0 —
SepSp-1 Sepiolite CSIRO Powellite, Quartz (2.1%), Sepiolite 2.1 0 —
126 Olivine CSIRO Enstatite, Forsterite (var. Fe), Olivine, Quartz (2.0%) 2.0 0 —
M1361 Tourmaline CSIRO Fluor-elbaite, Lepidolite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (2.0%) 2.0 0 —
M2385 Scheelite CSIRO Quartz (2.0%), Scheelite 2.0 0 —
M2532 Topaz CSIRO Quartz (2.0%), Topaz 2.0 1 Reflectance
M2823 Petalite CSIRO Petalite, Quartz (2.0%) 2.0 1 Reflectance
MES300 Cookeite CSIRO Albite, Cookeite, Microcline, Muscovite, Muscovite-1M, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (2.0%) 2.0 1 Reflectance
M0213 Molybdenite CSIRO Diopside, Molybdenite-2H, Quartz (1.9%) 1.9 0 —
M0289 Pyrrhotite CSIRO Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite-4M, Quartz (1.9%) 1.9 0 —
M0397 Tennantite CSIRO Barite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz (1.9%), Tennantite-(Cu) 1.9 0 —
MES104 Andesine CSIRO Albite (var. Ca), Albite, Andesine, Microcline, Quartz (1.8%) 1.8 0 —
M0264 Galena CSIRO Calcite, Galena, Quartz (1.7%), Rhodonite, Sphalerite 1.7 0 —
M1336 Almandine CSIRO Almandine, Quartz (1.7%) 1.7 0 —
MES103 Labradorite CSIRO Albite (var. Ca), Labradorite, Microcline, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (1.7%) 1.7 0 —
M0380 Marcasite CSIRO Anglesite, Fluorocronite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Quartz (1.6%) 1.6 0 —