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
M0404 Boulangerite CSIRO Boulangerite, Quartz (1.6%) 1.6 0 —
M0865 Dolomite CSIRO Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz (1.6%) 1.6 0 —
M2203 Sphalerite CSIRO Quartz (1.5%), Sphalerite 1.5 0 —
M2730 Chalcopyrite CSIRO Chalcopyrite, Quartz (1.5%) 1.5 0 —
MT8494 Bytownite CSIRO Bytownite, Quartz (1.5%), Thomsonite-Ca 1.5 0 —
M0781 Goethite CSIRO Goethite, Quartz (1.4%) 1.4 0 —
M1339 Andradite CSIRO Andradite, Fluorite, Magnetite, Quartz (1.4%) 1.4 0 —
M2803 Chrysocolla and Malachite CSIRO Chrysocolla, Goethite, Hematite, Malachite, Montmorillonite, Quartz (1.4%) 1.4 0 —
46E3372 Andradite CSIRO Albite, Albite (var. Ca), Fluorapatite, Grossular, Orthoclase, Quartz (1.3%), Titanite 1.3 0 —
M1611 Microcline CSIRO Albite (var. Ca), Microcline, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (1.3%) 1.3 0 —
MT8330 Epidote CSIRO Clinochlore (var. Fe), Epidote, Quartz (1.3%), Titanite 1.3 0 —
MT8503 Oligoclase CSIRO Muscovite-2M1, Oligoclase, Quartz (1.3%) 1.3 0 —
M0198 Stibnite CSIRO Quartz (1.2%), Senarmontite, Stibiocolumbite, Stibnite, Valentinite 1.2 0 —
M0311 Cuprite CSIRO Cuprite, Quartz (1.2%) 1.2 0 —
M0317 Chalcopyrite CSIRO Chalcopyrite, Jarosite, Quartz (1.2%) 1.2 0 —
M0342 Pyrite CSIRO Pyrite, Quartz (1.2%), Szomolnokite 1.2 0 —
M1284 Orthoclase CSIRO Albite (var. Ca), Microcline, Muscovite-2M1, Orthoclase, Quartz (1.2%) 1.2 0 —
M2027 Lepidolite CSIRO Lepidolite, Lepidolite-1M, Lepidolite-2M1, Mica, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (1.2%) 1.2 2 Reflectance
M2290 Wolframite CSIRO Ferberite, Quartz (1.2%), Wolframite 1.2 0 —
M2746 Chalcopyrite CSIRO Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz (1.2%), Szomolnokite 1.2 0 —
NR-62 Orthoclase CSIRO Albite, Microcline, Orthoclase, Quartz (1.2%) 1.2 0 —
NR-MIC-118 Microcline CSIRO Albite (var. Ca), Microcline, Muscovite-2M1, Quartz (1.2%) 1.2 0 —
M0197 Stibnite CSIRO Quartz (1.1%), Senarmontite, Stibiocolumbite, Stibnite 1.1 0 —
M0656 Cuprite CSIRO Clinochlore (var. Fe), Cuprite, Fluorite, Goethite, Hematite, Malachite, Quartz (1.0%) 1.0 0 —
M1316 Olivine CSIRO Diopside, Enstatite, Forsterite (var. Fe), Olivine, Quartz (1.0%) 1.0 0 —