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Quartz
Quartz is a glossy and hard mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form and is present in most rocks, especially in granite and sandstone. Next to feldspar, quartz is the earth’s second most abundant mineral.
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truthfully nobody knows who discovered quartz. it has been around since the roman times
Where do you find amethyst quartz?
You can find quartz by digging in rocky areas
you can find quartz almost everywhere in the world
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How do you tell if your crystal is diamond?
The best thing to do is take it to a reputable dealer in town, unless you have a great deal of experience in telling whether a diamond is genuine or not. Also, if you have a diamond that you KNOW is genuine, you can place both of them, side by side, on a black cloth & compare the 2. It is pretty obvious to the naked eye the difference when they are side by side - but if you are just looking at a single diamond, sometimes it can be tricky.
The flat faces of a piece of shale could be quite smooth, but the broken edges can be quite rough.
Quartz, being one of the most abundant rock forming minerals, is probably found in all states and in all countries. Most sand is comprised of small grains of quartz.
How do you get to quartz tower town in Pokemon quartz?
You can't because you're not supposed to. If nobody has told you, Chaos black and Quartz version are FAKES!!!!!! They were illegal copies of Firered, Leafgreen and Emerald modified but as modified versions. Nintendo are trying to track down the vandals that began this Illegal process. If you happen to have one of the two, then you may experience the following:
- Swearing and bad language you will never see in an original Pokemon game
- You become unable to pass through some areas of the incomplete game
- The save feature tends to stuff up
- Fake Pokemon are catchable, ones that don't exist and were invented
- Viruses and freezing during periods of the game
So if you have this game I'm telling you it's an Illegal fake that Nintendo would never have made!!!!
P.S: (I don't know how to get in Quartz tower in Quartz version, but like I said you will become unable to pass through some areas of the game)
dude that's not how you get there so u cant answer for **** anyway you have to dive with hm 8 I'm unsure where to get that
p.s who give a **** if they are hacked quartz is more fun than any other pkm game!!!
No, quartz is a Silicate mineral.
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i'm sorry to edit but it's wrooong, quarts is both a silicate mineral and a polymer, the two are not mutually exclusive
polymers are normally associated with plastics, but any chemical structure formed by the repetition of a simpler smaller structure called monomer (which in the case of quarts is silicate tetrahedrons) is a polymer
Quartz singing bowls are made from a complex process where sand is melted and dropped into a centrifugal mold that fuses the particles into a sheet of crystal. This crystal is then fashioned into a bowl shape in the manufacturing process.
Can quartz be scratched by a penny?
No. According to Mohs Hardness Scale, Quartz has a hardness of 7 while copper has a hardness of about 3. The higher number indicates a greater hardness.
Light entering the crystals is reflected back out - making the quartz sparkle.
it was formed from extreme pressure for a long time under the earth.
Theoretically yes, though any given sample of quartz may contain inclusions (non-quartz stuff trapped inside) making it heterogeneous.
You can buy one or you can get a jewelery piece. Or you can go on a hunt for one.
What are the uses of silicaSiO2 which is 99.77 in the sample of quartz?
The silicate minerals make up the largest and most important class of rock-forming minerals, constituting approximately 90 percent of the crust of the Earth. They are classified based on the structure of their silicate group. Silicate minerals all contain silicon and oxygen.
SILICA is the most abundant mineral found in the crust of the earth. It forms an important constituent of practically all rock-forming minerals. It is found in a variety of forms, as quartz crystals, massive forming hills, quartz sand (silica sand), sandstone, quartzite, tripoli, diatomite, flint, opal, chalcedonic forms like agate, onyx etc., and in with numerous other forms depending upon colour such as purple quartz (amethyst), smoky quartz, yellow quartz or false topaz (citrine), rose quartz and milky quartz. Only pure quartz crystal or rock crystal, untwinned, clear, free from any inclusion, has an important property:
It expands (mechanically) under the influence of electric current and conversely pressure induces a measurable electric current. This property is known as piezoelectricity. The current thus developed is called piezoelectric current.
This property resulting from the asymmetry of its atomic groups makes quartz an effective transducer for coverting electrical energy into mechanical energy and vice-versa. This property in quartz crystals was discovered in 1880-82 by Pierre and Jacques Curie and remained a laboratory curiosity till in 1921 when W.G. Cady, a physicist, discovered that quartz plates could be used to control the frequency of wireless transmission circuits.
What is quartz value currently?
The valuation on gold that is not extracted as metal can be higher than bullion prices if it is in a collectible form. Nuggets in their natural shape can be exposed using chipping and hydrofluoric acid (a very dangerous substance). There is a market for rutilated crystals containing gold, mainly as jewelry.
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Quartz is generally not considered to be malleable. It is rated a 7 on the Mohs scale of hardness. However, if it has a high gold content, it is more malleable.
Quartz- can only be eroded by
Chemical weathering-Although quartz is very hard on the mohs hardness scale, chemical weathering can still affect the minerals size and shape. Pollutants and natural disasters including acid rain affect the part of the monument made of this mineral.
Quartz is the only mineral in this case that only has one factor in its process of weathering. Physical weathering could not do any damage because if its strength.
How are smoky quartz and rose quartz alike?
Amethyst is a variety of quartz. It has a composition [chemical make-up] of SiO2 [silicon dioxide], as all varieties of quartz do. Pure Quartz with no inclusions or pigmentation [coloring] is called rock crystal. But amethyst is principally colored by traces of iron.
Amethyst belongs to the geological group named silicates-tectosilicates and has a trigonal or hexagonal crystal system. The color of amethyst is purple, and it bears a hardness of 7 on the moh's scale of hardness.
When streaked, amethyst appears white, and it bears a conchoidal fracture. Amethyst is 2.7 times heavier than water [has a specific gravity of 2.7] and can be turned into citrine with heat treatment.
So in summary, the composition, geological group, hardness, streak and specific gravity is the same as all quartz are. After all, amethyst is a variety of Quartz.
Why are quartz and other metallic minerals such as gold commonly associated with hydrothermal rocks?
Many metallic ores that are found are associated with quartz because they are often found within veins of quartz. The metals are then separated from the crushed quartz ore.
What colors do rose quartz come in?
Amethyst is a form of quartz that comes in a range of colors from light pinkish violet to a deep purple. Green Quartz also known as Prasiolite or Vermarine, is often wrongly named as a type of Amethyst.
Previous answer:green & purple
Yes. Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in the crust and can be found with a little effort virtually everywhere, mostly in combination with other minerals in rock.
