There are many ways you can polish a quartz crystal.
1) Waterproof sandpaper, start with a coarse grit, rub back and forth, work down to fine grit. Very slow.
2) Rock tumbler - add grit, water, let 'er roll for a week, change grit, repeat.
3) Flat lap, diamond grit - you know the drill, proceed coarse to fine.
4) Faceting machine - if you want to turn it into a facetted gem.
5) Cabochon machine - a little tricky to preserve flat faces but works a treat.
yes, quarts are a crystal. -Lucy
Yes crystal is very cool and it is very shiny when you polish it.
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Yes, we can polish sapphire crystals. Please contact rusgems2010@yandex.ru
Shape: Trigonal
Can you clarify your question?
i have a 1 or 2 inch crystal and i am wondering how muck it is worth
6 regular containers. 1 makes 2 quarts or half a gallon.
Sand is made of quartz crystals and it is easy to find them (in larger size) in rocks. So you could get one for free.
Quartz is a crystal form of silicon dioxide, SiO2. The silicon dioxide has a tetrahedral shape, in quartz each oxygen is shared by two tetrahedra.
Polish in Polish is "Polski".
No, quartz crystal that is purple in color does not contain limestone. Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed primarily of calcium carbonate, while quartz crystal is a mineral made up of silicon dioxide. The purple color in quartz crystals is usually caused by the presence of trace elements such as manganese.