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Smoky quartz

General

Category

Silicate minerals

Formula
(repeating unit)

SiO2

Strunz classification

04.DA.05

Dana classification

75.01.03.01

Crystal system

α-quartz: trigonal trapezohedral class 3 2; β-quartz: hexagonal 622[1]

Space group

Trigonal 32

Unit cell

a = 4.9133 Å, c = 5.4053 Å; Z=3

Identification

Colour

Brown to grey, opaque

Crystal habit

6-sided prism ending in 6-sided pyramid (typical), drusy, fine-grained to microcrystalline, massive

Twinning

Common Dauphine law, Brazil law and Japan law

Cleavage

{0110} Indistinct

Fracture

Conchoidal

Tenacity

Brittle

Mohs scale hardness

7 – lower in impure varieties (defining mineral)

Lustre

Vitreous – waxy to dull when massive

Streak

White

Diaphaneity

Transparent to nearly opaque

Specific gravity

2.65; variable 2.59–2.63 in impure varieties

Optical properties

Uniaxial (+)

Refractive index

nω = 1.543–1.545
nε = 1.552–1.554

Birefringence

+0.009 (B-G interval)

Pleochroism

weak, from red-brown to green-brown

Melting point

1670 °C (β tridymite) 1713 °C (β cristobalite)[1]

Solubility

Insoluble at STP; 1 ppmmass at 400 °C and 500 lb/in2 to 2600 ppmmass at 500 °C and 1500 lb/in2[1]

Other characteristics

lattice: hexagonal, Piezoelectric, may be triboluminescent, chiral (hence optically active if not racemic)

References

[2][3][4][5]

Smoky quartz is a brownish grey, translucent variety of quartz that ranges in clarity from almost complete transparency to an almost-opaque brownish-gray or black crystals.[6] The color of smoky quartz is produced when natural radiation, emitted from the surrounding rock, activates color centers around aluminum impurities within the crystalline quartz. [7]


Varieties[edit]

Morion is a very dark brown to black opaque variety. Morion is the German, Danish, Spanish and Polish synonym for smoky quartz.[8] The name is from a misreading of mormorioninPliny the Elder.[9]

Cairngorm is a variety of smoky quartz found in the Cairngorm MountainsofScotland.[10] It usually has a smoky yellow-brown colour, though some specimens are greyish-brown. It is used in Scottish jewellery and as a decoration on kilt pins and the handles of sgianan-dubha (anglicised: sgian-dubhsorskean dhu).[11] The largest known cairngorm crystal is a 23.6 kg (52 lb) specimen kept at Braemar Castle.[citation needed]

Uses[edit]

Smoky quartz is common and was not historically important, but in recent times it has become a popular gemstone, especially for jewelry.[12]

Sunglasses, in the form of flat panes of smoky quartz, were used in China in the 12th century.[13]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Deer, W. A., R. A. Howie and J. Zussman, An Introduction to the Rock Forming Minerals, Logman, 1966, pp. 340–355 ISBN 0-582-44210-9
  • ^ Anthony, John W.; Bideaux, Richard A.; Bladh, Kenneth W.; Nichols, Monte C. (eds.). "Quartz". Handbook of Mineralogy (PDF). Vol. III (Halides, Hydroxides, Oxides). Chantilly, VA, US: Mineralogical Society of America. ISBN 0962209724.
  • ^ Quartz. Mindat.org. Retrieved on 2013-03-07.
  • ^ Quartz. Webmineral.com. Retrieved on 2013-03-07.
  • ^ Hurlbut, Cornelius S.; Klein, Cornelis (1985). Manual of Mineralogy (20 ed.). ISBN 0-471-80580-7.
  • ^ "Smoky Quartz: Smoky Quartz mineral information and data".
  • ^ "Smoky Quartz: A transparent brown gem & gem material".
  • ^ http://www.mindat.org/min-6270.html Morion on Mindat
  • ^ New Oxford American Dictionary (2nd ed., 2005), p. 1102.
  • ^ Shaw, Philip; Thompson, Des B. A. (12 June 2006). The Nature of the Cairngorms: Diversity in a Changing Environment. The Stationery Office. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-11-497326-1.
  • ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cairngorm" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 952.
  • ^ "The Gemstone Smoky Quartz". minerals.net. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  • ^ Joseph Needham, Science & Civilisation in China (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1962), volume IV, part 1, page 121. Needham states that dark glasses were worn by Chinese judges to hide their facial expressions during court proceedings.
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