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THIS BEAUTY IS PROBABLY ONE SIZE YOU WON'T FIND ON LISTIA..IT IS 5 INCHES LONG, 4 INCHES ACROSS 2 INCHES HIGH AND WEIGHS 174.4 GRAMS!!! Quartz is a stone that almost everyone is familiar with – whether they realize it or not! As perhaps the most abundant mineral on Earth, it’s worth paying attention to. It also has a long history of lore, tradition, and practical uses .
Quartz comes in all shapes and sizes. It grows in large masses, as well as clusters of points. Once it’s in the market, it is often cut or carved into numerous shapes. This can include spheres, pyramids, skulls, and wands, and much, much more.
FACTS:
Quartz crystals have been used throughout history as a gemstone in jewelry and decorations
Quartz crystals are used in electronics to transfer mechanical energy into electrical sign or digital electrical signal into mechanical movement
Quartz crystals have a piezoelectric property that is widely used in electronics. Radios, Microphones, robotics, timers, clocks, buzzers, watches, and many more electronic components and devices use quartz crystals
Sand containing quartz is used to make glass
Although there is no scientific data to support this use, quartz crystals were used by different cultures as medicine as healing stones or energy stones
Granite is a type of igneous rock that contains at least 20 percent quartz. Granite is used for tables, countertops, and ornamental fixtures
Quartz is so abundant that almost every rock contains at least a small amount of it.
Quartz weighing 90,000 lbs. has been mined in Brazil.
Because it contains pure silicon, quartz is used to make many computer components.
Quartz occurs in virtually every color. Common colors are clear, white, gray, purple, yellow, brown, black, pink, green, red.