{{Infobox mineral | name = Quartz | category = Oxide mineral | boxwidth = 24 | boxbgcolor = | image = Quartz, Tibet.jpg | caption = Quartz crystal cluster from Tibet | formula = Silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) | molweight = | strunz = 04.DA.05 | dana = 75.01.03.01 | color = Colorless through various colors to black | habit = 6-sided prism ending in 6-sided pyramid (typical), drusy, fine-grained to microcrystalline, massive | system = α-quartz: trigonal trapezohedral class 3 2; β-quartz: hexagonal 622Deer, W. A., R. A. Howie and J. Zussman, An Introduction to the Rock Forming Minerals, Logman, 1966, pp. 340-355 ISBN 0-582-44210-9 | lattice = hexagonal | twinning = Common Dauphine law, Brazil law and Japan law | cleavage = {0110} Indistinct | fracture = Conchoidal | tenacity = Brittle | mohs = 7 - lower in impure varieties | luster = Vitreous - waxy to dull when massive | refractive = nω = 1.543 - 1.545 nε = 1.552 - 1.554 | opticalprop = Uniaxial (+) | birefringence = +0.009 (B-G interval) | pleochroism = None | streak = White | gravity = 2.65; variable 2.59 - 2.63 in impure varieties | density = | melt = 1670 °C (β tridymite) 1713 °C (β cristobalite) | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = 1 ppmmass at 400 °C and 500 lb/in2 to 2600 ppmmass at 500 °C and 1500 lb/in2 | diaphaneity = Transparent to nearly opaque | other = Piezoelectric, pyroelectric, may be triboluminescent | references = http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/quartz.pdf Handbook of Mineralogyhttp://www.mindat.org/min-3337.html Mindathttp://www.webmineral.com/data/Quartz.shtml Webmineral dataHurlbut, Cornelius S.; Klein, Cornelis, 1985, Manual of Mineralogy, 20th ed., ISBN 0-471-80580-7 }}
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