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A crystalline structure which consists of variously orientated crystal planes and grain lines and boundaries. A crystalline structure which which has crystals of varying size and randomly organised owing to the growth and production conditions. i.e. heat and time for crystals to develop and form an organised crystalline structure with well organised grain boundaries.

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Is glass amorphous or crystalline in structure?

Glass is amorphous in structure, meaning it lacks a regular, repeating pattern of atoms found in crystalline materials.


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Glass is not crystalline in nature, as it lacks the ordered atomic structure found in crystals. Instead, glass has an amorphous structure, meaning its atoms are arranged randomly.


Is volcanic glass a mineral group?

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Is glass a subset of quartz?

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What minerals make up volcanic glass?

No minerals make up true volcanic glass, as the crystalline structure of minerals did not have time to form before the lava hardened. A mineral must have a crystalline structure.


Why glass is not crystalline?

glass does not have a crystalline structure but it is still a solid. There are a few solids that don't have crystalline structure such as coal, a block of wood and a brick. Solids that do not have a crystalline structure are known as amorphous solids.


Why is glass marble not considered a mineral?

In order to be a mineral, substances need to have fixed internal crystalline structure. Natural glass does not.


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Is it true that rubber and glass are examples of crystalline solids?

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