Description

Quartz is one of the most abundant minerals on earth, and it has a wide range of industrial and commercial uses. Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral that is typically colorless or white, but it can also occur in a range of other colors depending on the impurities present. It has a vitreous to waxy luster and is often transparent to translucent.

Applications

Quartz has a wide range of industrial and commercial uses due to its physical and chemical properties. Some of the common applications of quartz are:

• Glass manufacturing
• Ceramics and refractories
• Electronics and semiconductors
• Foundry molds and cores
• Construction materials (concrete, asphalt, and bricks)

Physical Properties