Silica [ SiO2 ]

Images of Silica

Material properties

Formula SiO2
Members Quartz (var. crystalline), Quartz (var. granitic), Quartz (var. igneous), Quartz (var. glass), Stishovite, Tridymite, Cristobalite, Quartz (var. rose), Lechatelierite, Quartz (var. pegmatitic), Quartz (var. microcrystalline), Mogánite, Quartz, Coesite, Quartz (var. smoky)
Variants Er3+ doped, oxygen excess, gel, neutron irradiated, Eu doped, fused, a type, lunar
Luminescence emitters (AlO4)0 hole traps, Defect, Er, Eu, Extrinsic, Fe, (H3O4)0 hole traps, Impurity, Interstitial oxygen, Intrinsic, Intrinsic defect, Mn, NBO, NBO defects, NBOHC, Neutral oxygen vacancy, O2, Oxygen defect, Radiative relaxation, Self trapped exciton, Unspecified, UO2
Spectra Luminescence (3)
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Tags Compound, REE, Silicate, Simple oxide, Synthetic

Composition

Element Atoms
Si 1
O 2
Total: 3

Specimens of Silica

Name Owner Materials Image Spectra Techniques
Apollo 12032-366-19x NASA Alkali feldspar (var. lunar), Apatite (var. lunar), Baddeleyite (var. lunar), Fayalite (var. lunar), Hedenbergite (var. lunar), Ilmenite (var. lunar), Merrillite (var. lunar), Plagioclase (var. lunar), Silica (var. lunar), Troilite (var. lunar), Zirconolite (var. lunar) 6 CL