Thursday 31 December 2015

Gold plated flat Drusy and some interesting facts

Quartz is the mineral which is found in the crust of the earth. There’re a lot of varieties of Quartz, and some of them are known as gemstones. Quartz is employed in different ways from making electric pars to carved statues. It’s the crystal with triangular prism.

Some very interesting facts about Drusy

Gold plated flat Drusy is known by different names that depend on its colour mainly.
• The large Quartz is mined from Brazil.
• The Quartz which weighs 90,000 lbs is mined from Brazil.
• The Quartz is 2nd most abundantly found mineral on the planet   earth.
• There’re various uses of Quartz as it may conduct electricity   when under pressure.
• Quartz is sued commonly in the spiritual practices.
• Some people consider Quartz to have magical powers as well as an   ability to enhance the growth in gardens or to allure some good   energy in the house.
• Quartz is generally made of oxygen and silicon.
• Quartz is generally used in making ineternal parts of the   watches.
• Quartz is found so much in abundance that almost each and every   rock has some amount of this       mineral.
• Since Quartz is clear, its many a times used for producing   glass,
• As it has pure Silicon, Quartz is used for making various   computer parts.
• The people from Ireland and some other countries used Quartz for   making stone tools during the        pre-historic times.
• Quartz is many times used in fashion industry significantly for   making jewelry.
• Even though the variations in Quartz are available in different   colors, absolutely pure Quartz is        clear.

SiO2
Silicon dioxide 
Hardness
7
Crystal system
Hexagonal
White
Colorless, purple, white, pink, black and brown. Also green, gray, yellow, orange, red and blue.
Transparent
Transparent-Opaque
Luster
Vitreous
Fracture
Conchoidal
Tenacity
Brittle
Complex tests
Dissolves in hydrofluoric acid
Environment
Quartz occurs in every environment of the mineral
Cleavage
Indiscernible
Rock type
Sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic
Specific gravity
2.6 to 2.7
Popularity
1

Gold plated flat Drusy is a significant mineral having various uses. Sand which mainly comprises of the small pebbles of Quartz is the main ingredient for manufacturing glass. Transparent rock crystals has a lot of electronic uses, it’s used as oscillator in watches, radios, pressure gauge, etc. Quartz is even used as abrasive for sand blasting, glass grinding and cutting soft-stones. It’s also important in computer industry as important Silicon semi conductors are made up of Quartz.

Apart from the practical uses Quartz is important for gemstone trades. A lot of varieties of the stone are faceted as Amethyst, gems and Citrine are most well known varieties of gems. Smoky quartz, rose quartz, rock crystals and aventurine are polished or cut into gemstones. The small colourless crystal quartz is worn as pendants as a good luck charm.

Quartz is even quite known amongst collectors. Some collectors specialize their collections significantly on Quartz alone to make it unique.

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