Quartz is one of the hardest yet abundantly available minerals found in the earth’s crust. In contrast to its ease of availability, It is quite valuable. We, At Ignite Minerals, always try to implement the best and advanced techniques to provide high-quality quartz products in India.
The scientific composition is silicon and oxygen atoms in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with every oxygen atom being covalently shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical formula of SiO2.
Quartz minerals differ from SIO2 in the sense that they contain Silica(SIO2) with certain other elements/impurities in a fixed composition.
Quartz helps in the production of different types of Quartz Stones And Silicate Glasses. It is famous for the production of brilliant gemstones. Quartz is used widely as a main product or filler in different types of industrial products. Some of the major applications of quartz involve.
Quartz is highly durable and chemically inert with most substances, in addition to its heat resistance and other electrical properties, which makes it a valuable mineral in electronic products. Its lustre, colour, and diaphaneity make it useful as a gemstone and in making glass. Different types of quartz are used in different industries, including gemstones, like rose quartz, smoky quartz, amethyst, and citrine. Quartz is a major component of Sandstone, essentially used as a building stone. Silica sand or Quartz sand is used in the glassmaking industry to manufacture ceramics, glass and moulds for metal casting. It is used to make container glass, flat plate glass, speciality glass, and fibreglass. Crushed quartz is an excellent abrasive used in sandpaper, sandblasting, and grit for sanding and sawing. Silica glass (also known as fused quartz) is employed in optics to transmit ultraviolet light. The ability of quartz crystals to vibrate at precise frequencies makes the mineral useful in extremely accurate time-keeping instruments where radio and television signals are required to be transmitted at specific and stable frequencies. Quartz fibres also find their use in extremely sensitive weighing devices.
