For SCIENTISTS ONLY ( answer seriously ) ?

Question

Ouestions on quarzt ( the rock ) :-
1- Is quarzt a good conductor of heat and electricity?
2- What is quarzt composed of ?
3- Does it dissolve in any liquid ?
4- How did quarzt ever come into existence ?
5- Where is quarzt found ?
6- What is quarzt used for ?

Answer 1

1- Is quarzt a good conductor of heat and electricity? yes
2- What is quarzt composed of ? SiO2
3- Does it dissolve in any liquid ? the water must be alkaline
4- How did quarzt ever come into existence ?
History

The name "quartz" comes from the German "Quarz", which is of Slavic origin (Czech miners called it křem). Other sources insist the name is from the Saxon word "Querkluftertz", meaning cross-vein ore.

Quartz is the most common material identified as the mystical substance maban in Australian Aboriginal mythology.

Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder believed quartz to be permanently frozen ice. He supported this idea by saying that quartz is found near glaciers in the Alps and that large quartz crystals were fashioned into spheres to cool the hands. He also knew of the ability of quartz to split light into a spectrum.

Nicolas Steno's study of quartz paved the way for modern crystallography. He discovered that no matter how distorted a quartz crystal, the long prism faces always made a perfect 60 degree angle.

Charles Sawyer invented the commercial quartz crystal manufacturing process in Cleveland, OH. This initiated the transition from mined and cut quartz for electrical appliances to manufactured quartz. (wikipedia)

5- Where is quarzt found ? i know you can find them in arkansas
6- What is quarzt used for ? good conductor of electricity and a pretty stone.

Answer 2

I will only add to question number 6. In my laboratory quartz is used for UV-VIS spectrophotometer cuvettes because, unlike glass, it does not absorb UV light, and therefore is optically clear from 190-800 nm. This property makes quartz the vessel of choice for light stress analysis in the pharmaceutical industry.

Quartz cannot be cut or blown like glass and must be machined into its final shape, which is why it is so much more expensive than glass (as containers, covers, etc.)

Answer 3

1. yes
2. SiO2
3. alkaline water
4. high pressure temp.
5. it's dug out of the ground
6. watch crystals are major use, but also used in some scientific instruments measuring conductivity (or at least the old ones)

Answer 4

This series of questions unfortunately does not require a scientist to answer. Even you yourself can answer it if you are serious enough to find out the answer.
The answers can be easily found in any sort of encyclopedia...

Answer 5

http://www.jewelrysupplier.com/2_quartz/quartz_properties.htm
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Andre' B.

Answer 6

quartz is a watch smart one.

Answer 7

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