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    Quartz: - : Granite Diorite Andestie Rhyolite Gabbro Basalt

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    Quartz is a common mineral composed of silicon dioxide that is found in light-colored igneous rocks such as granite and rhyolite but not in mafic rocks like gabbro and basalt. It is usually clear but can be white, gray, dark smoky or colored varieties like rose quartz. Quartz has a hexagonal crystal structure and commonly forms six-sided pyramid shapes with striations on the faces. Due to its resistance to weathering, quartz accumulates in metamorphic rocks, beach sand, and soil.

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    Quartz is a common mineral composed of silicon dioxide that is found in light-colored igneous rocks such as granite and rhyolite but not in mafic rocks like gabbro and basalt. It is usually clear but can be white, gray, dark smoky or colored varieties like rose quartz. Quartz has a hexagonal crystal structure and commonly forms six-sided pyramid shapes with striations on the faces. Due to its resistance to weathering, quartz accumulates in metamorphic rocks, beach sand, and soil.

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    Quartz is a common mineral composed of silicon dioxide that is found in light-colored igneous rocks such as granite and rhyolite but not in mafic rocks like gabbro and basalt. It is usually clear but can be white, gray, dark smoky or colored varieties like rose quartz. Quartz has a hexagonal crystal structure and commonly forms six-sided pyramid shapes with striations on the faces. Due to its resistance to weathering, quartz accumulates in metamorphic rocks, beach sand, and soil.

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    Quartz is a common mineral composed of silicon dioxide that is found in light-colored igneous rocks such as granite and rhyolite but not in mafic rocks like gabbro and basalt. It is usually clear but can be white, gray, dark smoky or colored varieties like rose quartz. Quartz has a hexagonal crystal structure and commonly forms six-sided pyramid shapes with striations on the faces. Due to its resistance to weathering, quartz accumulates in metamorphic rocks, beach sand, and soil.

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    quartz, (pronounced: kwarts)


    Crystalline quartz or low quartz, (SiO2) is a common and
    diagnostic mineral in light-colored felsic igneous rocks, such
    as granite, diorite, andestie, and rhyolite. Quartz is almost
    never found in mafic rocks such as gabbro and basalt.
    It is usually clear, but in granite it is also cloudy white or
    greyish in color. It can also be dark (as in smokey quartz). Many
    gemstones are actually less common colored varieties of quartz.
    Examples include purple amythest, yellow citrine, and pink rose
    quartz. Quartz is also common in metamorphic rocks such as gneiss.
    Because quartz is so resistant to weathering due to its chemical
    composition and atomic bonds, it accumulates as the other minerals
    in a rock weather away. Light colored beach, aeolian and alluvial
    sand is composed of mainly quartz grains.
    Quartz in it characteristic crystal form has a hexagonal shape. In
    cross-section it has six sides. Commonly the ends of quartz crystals
    are teminated by six-sided pyramids. This type of crystal form is
    seen in the picture of quartz above. Also seen in the picture are the
    fine striations across the crystal faces.

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