Quartz
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth''s continental crust, after feldspar. It is made up of a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon-oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall formula SiO2. There are many different varieties of quartz, several of which are semi-precious gemstones. Especially in Europe and the Middle East, varieties of quartz have been since antiquity the most commonly used minerals in the making of jewelry and hardstone carvings.
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Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth's continental crust, after feldspar. It is made up of a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon-oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall formula SiO2. There are many different varieties of quartz, several of which are semi-precious gemstones. Especially in Europe and the Middle East, varieties of quartz have been since antiquity the most commonly used minerals in the making of jewelry and hardstone carvings.
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- Allgemeine Informationen
- GTIN 09786130309343
- Genre Geowissenschaften
- Editor Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
- Sprache Englisch
- Anzahl Seiten 96
- Herausgeber VDM Verlag Dr. Müller e.K.
- Größe H220mm x B220mm
- Jahr 2009
- EAN 9786130309343
- Format Fachbuch
- ISBN 978-613-0-30934-3
- Titel Quartz
- Untertitel Mineral, Continental Crust, Feldspar, Tetrahedron, Hardstone Carving, Crystal System, Crystal Habit, Fused Quartz, Shocked Quartz, Quartz Reef Mining, Quartz Clock