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  2. Fused quartz - Wikipedia

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    Fused quartz, fused silica or quartz glass is a glass consisting of almost pure silica (silicon dioxide, SiO 2) in amorphous (non- crystalline) form. This differs from all other commercial glasses, such as soda-lime glass, lead glass, or borosilicate glass, in which other ingredients are added which change the glasses' optical and physical ...

  3. Spruce Pine Mining District - Wikipedia

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    Spruce Pine Mining District. The Spruce Pine Mining District is a swath of the valley of the North Toe River in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northwestern North Carolina. The area is mined for its mica, kaolin, quartz and feldspar. [1] Spruce Pine district is one of the largest suppliers of high-purity quartz, which is used in the manufacture of ...

  4. Rhodochrosite - Wikipedia

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    Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral with chemical composition MnCO 3. In its pure form (rare), it is typically a rose-red colour, [5] but it can also be shades of pink to pale brown. It streaks white, [6] and its Mohs hardness varies between 3.5 and 4.5. Its specific gravity is between 3.45 and 3.6. [7]

  5. Quartz - Wikipedia

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    Quartz is, therefore, classified structurally as a framework silicate mineral and compositionally as an oxide mineral. Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in Earth's continental crust, behind feldspar. [10] Quartz exists in two forms, the normal α-quartz and the high-temperature β-quartz, both of which are chiral. The transformation ...

  6. Gold mining in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Location: About 2.7 miles (4.3 km) northeast of Columbia, along and on both sides of a stream flowing southward and near its confluence with Byrd Creek, about 0.65 miles (1.05 km) north of State Road 667 from a point approximately 0.35 miles (0.56 km) by road west of its crossing over Byrd Creek.

  7. Quartzite - Wikipedia

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    Quartzite. Quartzite is a hard, non- foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone. [1][2] Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to tectonic compression within orogenic belts. Pure quartzite is usually white to grey, though quartzites often occur in various shades of pink and ...

  8. Category:Quartz varieties - Wikipedia

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    Varieties of the mineral Quartz. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. C. Chert‎ (3 C, 23 P) Q. Quartz gemstones‎ (2 C ...

  9. Rutilated quartz - Wikipedia

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    Rutilated quartz used as a gemstone. Rutilated quartz is a variety of quartz which contains acicular (needle-like) inclusions of rutile. [1] It is used for gemstones. These inclusions mostly look golden, but they also can appear silver, copper red or black. The inclusions may be distributed randomly or in bundles, which sometimes are arranged ...

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