Shocked quartz
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Shocked quartz is a form of quartz that has a microscopic structure that is different from normal quartz. Under intense pressure, the crystalline structure of quartz is deformed along planes inside th
Photomicrograph of shocked quartz
Photomicrograph of a shocked quartz grain (0.13 mm across) from the Chesapeake Bay impact crater, showing shock lamellae
Pingualuit aerial 2007
Quartz
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Quartz is a hard mineral composed of silica. Its atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen atom being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an over
Shocked quartz
…Shocked quartz is a form of quartz that has a microscopic structure that is different from normal quartz. Under intense pressure (but limited temperature), the crystalline structure of…
Quartz crystal cluster from Brazil
Common, prismatic quartz
Sceptered quartz
Sceptered quartz (as aggregates: "Elestial quartz")