Quartz | Properties, Varieties, Occurrence and Uses
Glass making, abrasive, foundry sand, hydraulic fracturing proppant, gemstones: Quartz Optical Properties. PPL. XPL. Quartz grains in sandstone. Quartz Crystal Habit and Structure. Quartz belongs to the trigonal crystal system. The ideal crystal form is a six-sided prism terminating with six-sided pyramids at every cease. In nature …