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Quartz (SiO2) is a tectosilicate belonging to the silica group. It is widely used in industry for its hardness, resistance to chemical attacks, and so on, especially synthetic quartz, which is not twinned thus has perfect crystals that exploit its piezo-electric properties to the full.
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Sanz, J., Tomasa, O., Jimenez-Franco, A., Sidki-Rius, N. (2022). Silica (Quartz). In: Elements and Mineral Resources. Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85889-6_96
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