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high quartz
mineral
Also known as: β-quartz, beta-quartz
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characteristics
- In silica mineral: High quartz (β-quartz)
High quartz, or β-quartz, is the more symmetrical form quartz takes at sufficiently high temperatures (about 573 °C at one atmosphere of pressure), but the relationship is pressure-sensitive. High quartz may be either left- or right-handed, and its c axis is one…
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quartz classification
- In quartz
The structure of beta-quartz is hexagonal, with either a left- or right-handed symmetry group equally populated in crystals. The structure of alpha-quartz is trigonal, again with either a right- or left-handed symmetry group. At the transition temperature the tetrahedral framework of beta-quartz twists, resulting in the symmetry of…
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