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Quartz has a high boiling point. This mineral is essentially an oxide of silicon, SiO2, and it boils at over 2200°C.

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Quartz melts at normal atmospheric pressure at about 600 OC, which is why high silica content rocks - such as granite, rhyolite, obsidian etc., are highly viscous, whereas basalt which contains NO FREE QUARTZ - all the quartz forms silicates such as olivine, plagioclase feldspar and mica are of a lower viscosity, can flow long distances and freeze at about 1100 OC.

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