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Quartz is a very common component in metamorphic rocks, and it separates itself from the other rock components. It may form prominent veins at least up to 500mm thick, though generally smaller, and because it is harder and more erosion resistant than most of the host rock, it often stands proud of the host. This type of quartz is normally white.
Clear Quartz crystals are less common, and need a space in which they are deposited from solution. Several semi precious gems are quartz with various degrees of colouring dependent on the contaminating metal element.
Quartz, when a hot liquid is a powerful solvent, and is responsible for transporting many elements (including gold) through fissures in the host rock. Most of the sand on the beaches is quartz, because of its hardness and erosion resistance.
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Why is rock faces bent or broken?
cause they are
Is quartz rough or smooth?
The flat faces of a piece of shale could be quite smooth, but the broken edges can be quite rough.
What kind of rock is quartz?
technically, quartz is not a rock. it is a mineral. quartz can be found in any type of rock
Is breccia foliated or nonfoliated?
Breccia is a rock composed of broken fragments of minerals or rock. It is mostly quartz, feldspar, and clay minerals and is not foliated.
What kind of rock is a quartz?
Quartz is a mineral composed of silicon and oxygen, SiO2.
How can mineral quartz be in an igneous and sedimentary rock?
== == Quartz is actually a silicate mineral that appears in metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous rocks.
Would You find fossils in quartz?
Quartz is a mineral not a rock. Fossils can be found associated with quartz in sedimentary rock not inside the quartz.
Does quartz have clevage or fracture?
There is no broken parts in quartz, so Quartz does not have cleavage.
How can the mineral quartz be an igneous rock?
Quartz is a rock-forming mineral--and can be found in all three rock types. There is no igneous rock formation that is exclusively composed of the mineral quartz.
What type of rock is a golden quartz igneous sedimentary or metamorphic?
Quartz is a mineral, not a rock.
What is blue quartz rock?
It's a type of quartz rock, only it's blue.
How the mineral quartz could be in an igneous rock and in sedimentary rock?
quartz is a basic mineral and can be in any type of rock
