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Diamond is composed of the element carbon, and quartz is composed of the elements silicon and oxygen.
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What kind of rock is a quartz?
Quartz is a mineral composed of silicon and oxygen, SiO2.
What kind of mineral can scratch quartz but not diamond?
According to the Mohs scale of hardness, Diamond has a hardness of 10 and Quartz has a hardness of 7. Any mineral with a hardness greater than 7 can scratch quartz and diamond can scratch any mineral with a hardness less than 10. Corundum (hardness of 9) and Topaz (hardness of 8) are two examples of minerals that can scratch quartz but not diamond.
What is the difference in chocolate quartz and smoky quartz?
Same thing its a trade mark by the Le Vian company for marketing. Example a brown diamond is now a Chocolate Diamond.
What mineral is the softest diamond gypsum quartz silver?
Gypsum.
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.
Are diamond and quartz both minerals both composed of a single element?
That statement is false
Diamond and quartz are both minerals composed of a single element true or false?
false
Is diamond composed of a single element?
Diamond is composed of carbon -- a single element. Quartz is the second most abundant mineral on earth.Quartz is formed from silicone, in fact silicon-oxygen tetrahedra. Quartz then, is composed of two elements.
What is diamond quartz?
You may be thinking of a Herkimer diamond, which is quartz, not diamond.
Is a diamond quartz?
No. A diamond is a diamond: quartz is quartz. Both have different chemical elements and different molecular structures.
A major element in quartz?
Quartz is composed of silicon and oxygen.
What is the difference between quartz and diamond?
Quartz is silicon dioxide (sand). Diamond is an allotropic form of carbon.
Which gem is not produced from quartz?
Diamond is a non-quartz gemstone.
Is quartz diamond crystal the same as diamond settings in wedding rings?
Quartz diamond crystal, commonly known as Herkirmer diamond, is not the same as diamond. A Herkimer diamond can be set in a wedding ring.
What makes up the mineral rose quartz?
Rose quartz is composed of the mineral quartz, formula SiO2.
Is diamond formed in quartz?
No. Diamond is formed in carbon.
Is quartz as valuable as a diamond?
No.
