quartz

mineral made of silicon and oxygen

Facts

28 properties
Instance of
mineral species
Part of
sand[6]
Bulk modulus
+29797000000.0
Chemical formula
SiO₂[5]
Density
+2.65[31]
Has characteristic
piezoelectricity[29]
IMA Mineral Symbol
Qz
IMA status and/or rank
approved mineral and/or valid name (A)[11]
MCN code
7104.10.00[30]
Mineral fracture
conchoidal fracture[9]
Mohs' hardness
+7[18]
Named after
cross vein[4]
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
4.DA.05[17]
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
4.DA.05[16]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P14541
4RIzsk, 1ML8pR, 386uzE
Point group
trigonal-trapezoidal[12]
Poisson's ratio
-0.014
Shear modulus
+46637000000.0
Space group
space group P3₁21, space group P3₂21[13][14]
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Standard enthalpy of formation
-910.86[32]
Streak color
black[8]
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
IV/D.01a[15]
Topic has template
Šablona:Křemen[28]
🏷️ Also known as
en SiO2 en quartz en α-Quarz ar الكوارتز ar مرو ar كوارتز cs křemen da Krystalglas da kvarts da Piezoelektrisk kvarts da Bjergkrystal da Siliciumdioxyd de Tiefquarz de Quarz de α-Quarz de SiO2 el χαλαζίας el Χαλαζιας es cristal de roca es cuarzo rosa
🔖 Identifiers · 81
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85109732
GND ID
4048011-2
OpenAlex ID
C2779870107
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Quartz Brésil.jpg ↗
A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation entry ID
6556
A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences entry ID
6907
AEDA subject keyword ID
17772
AHECC 2017 ID
25061000
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300011132
BNCF Thesaurus ID
25500
BabelNet ID
00065612n
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119654906
Biblissima authority ID
Öllingen
CAB ID
225293
CAS Registry Number
14808-60-7, 1317-79-9
COD ID
1532512
ChEBI ID
46727
CosIng number
58872
DSSTox substance ID
DTXSID3032040
Dana 8th edition
75.1.3.1
De Agostini ID
quarzo
Dewey Decimal Classification
620.198, 549.68
EC number
238-878-4
ECHA Substance Infocard ID
100.035.329
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
108326
Enciclopedia dei ragazzi ID
quarzo
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
505k (82k–548k, n=3)
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/quartz, topic/rock-crystal
FAST ID
1085454
Freebase ID
/m/069p0
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
kvarts
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2057555
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
kvarts-dc1c3f
HCIS ID
4837
Harper's tag
quartz
ICSC ID
0808
IMA Number, broad sense
IMA1967 s.p.
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
quartz-crystals
KBpedia ID
Quartz
KEGG ID
C16459
Kivid.info ID
605
Klexikon article ID
Quarz
Krugosvet article (archived)
geologiya/kvarc
Lex ID
kvarts
MeSH descriptor ID
D011791
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779870107
Mindat mineral ID
3337, 10212
Minerals.net mineral and gemstone ID
gemstone/quartz_gemstone, mineral/quartz
Museum-digital tag ID
1564, 3575
NALT ID
56443
NDL Authority ID
00570564
NL CR AUT ID
ph122081
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007553305905171
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
1108059
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3929585
Open Library subject ID
quartz
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtDwe0cp16nl
PM20 ware ID
230925
PSH ID
4717
Punjabipedia ID
ਕੁਆਰਟਜ਼
Quora topic ID
Quartz-2
RKD thesaurus ID
92836
SVKKL authority ID
0243789-kremen
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
materias/1000478
Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae thesaurus ID
G355QSR4URCTTHX6APETWYTQIU
Topic's main category
Category:Quartz
Treccani ID
quarzo
Treccani Vocabulary ID
quarzo
Treccani's Dizionario delle Scienze Fisiche ID
quarzo
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
quarzo
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10648195
UMLS CUI
C0034387
Wellcome Collection concept ID
n24yf4k9
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
14717894-n
YSO ID
12702
ZVG number
4110

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Subtypes 18
Described by source 5
Belongs to 3
Named after 2
← Category's main topic 2
Crystal system 1
Has characteristic 1
Has part(s) 1
Mineral fracture 1
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Part of 1
Streak color 1
Subclass of 1
Topic's main category 1
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Summary

quartz is a mineral species[1]. quartz is a type of dioxosilicate minerals (silica family)[2] and tectosilicates[3].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for quartz include CLC[33], a girl group[34], founded in 2015[35] and Mount Suishō[36], a mountain[37], in Japan[38].

Why It Matters

Entities named for quartz include CLC[33], a girl group[34], founded in 2015[35] and Mount Suishō[36], a mountain[37], in Japan[38].

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  1. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ZVG number → 4110
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ ZVG number: 4110, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P679]]"
  2. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ZVG number → 4110
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ ZVG number: 004110, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275042|batch #275042]]"
  3. 10w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Standard enthalpy of formation → {'amount': '-910.86'}
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Standard enthalpy of formation: −910.86 kilojoule per mole, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269342|batch #269342]]"
  4. 11w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poisson's ratio → {'amount': '-0.014'}
    Bulk modulus → {'amount': '+29797000000.0'}
    Shear modulus → {'amount': '+46637000000.0'}
    COD ID → 1532512
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ COD ID: 1532512, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269035|batch #269035]]"
  5. 14w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → Öllingen
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority ID: Q297150, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  6. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4RIzsk, 1ML8pR, 386uzE
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/41251|batch #41251]]: ZGBK ID"
  7. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → quartz
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: quartz, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289953007|quartz (#289953007)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  8. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0243789-kremen
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0243789-kremen, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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