Mineral Name

Quartz

Chemical Formula

Si02

Creator

Preview

Color

Brown, Colorless, Violet, Gray, Yellow

Class

Article

Luster

vitreous (glassy)

Diaphaneity

transparent

Hardness

7 (Moh's index)

Cleavage

{0110} indistinct

Fracture

conchoidal

Density

2.6 - 2.65

Crystal Shape

commonly found as hexagonal, prismatic crystals

Crystal System

Hexagonal

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