Quartz
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quartz-175-15301184
title:
Quartz
text:
Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide). The atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical formula of SiO2. Quartz is, therefore, classified structurally as a framework silicate mineral and compositionally as an oxide mineral. Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in Earth's continental crust, behind feldspar. Quartz exists in two forms, the nor
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Mineral made of silicon and oxygen
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz
date created:
2001-09-20T02:49:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T20:28:46Z
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13
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