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Quartz can be identified by:
1. Luster: nonmetallic
2. Hardness: 7
3. Streak: white
4. Color: usually colorless, white or gray but can be varieties of all colors
5. Cleavage: none
6. Crystal habit: hexagonal prisms and pyramids
7. Specific Gravity: 2.6-2.7
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Is quartz a mineral or a rock mineral rock Submit?
mineral
Is quartz a alloy?
Yes, quartz is silicon dioxide (SiO2), sometimes called silica. In mineral classification it is a silicate mineral.
How the mineral quartz could be in an igneous and in sedimentary rock?
quartz is a basic mineral and can be in any type of rock
Is a quartz a mineral?
yes
What mineral are found in Quartzite rock?
Quartzite is composed mostly of silica. It contains minerals like zircon, rutile, and magnetite, and the silica cements them together.
Is quartz a mineral or an ore?
quartz is a mineral
What is quartz mineral?
Quartz is an Oxide Mineral.
Is quartz(rose) a rock or mineral?
Rose quartz is a variety of quartz which is a mineral.
Could quartz be considered a mineral?
Quartz is a mineral.
What is quartz's mineral group?
Quartz is an Oxide Mineral.
Is quartz a mineral at 3100 degrees Fahrenheit?
Quartz is always a mineral.
Is quartz an atom?
No quartz is a mineral.
What makes up the mineral rose quartz?
Rose quartz is composed of the mineral quartz, formula SiO2.
Is a Quartz a rock or mineral?
It is a mineral
What is the hardest mineral in this group?
Silicon Dioxide (known as Quartz) is not the hardest mineral, the hardest mineral is an allotrope of carbon called diamond. Quartz is only the 7th hardest mineral.
Is quartz a mineral or non mineral?
Quartz is a mineral, chemical formula SiO2.
What is hardness of quartz mineral?
the mineral that has a hardness of 7 is "Quarts
