One form of this mineral is formed from the high pressure of nuclear bomb explosions and meteor impacts, and is known as its "shocked" variety.
This mineral has the same structure as berlinite, and it has the lowest relative weathering potential on the Goldich dissolution series. One form of this mineral is formed from the high pressure of nuclear bomb explosions and meteor impacts, and is known as its "shocked" variety. Pierre Curie discovered a property of this mineral that led to its use in crystal oscillators. It combines with moganite to form chalcedony, which comes in types such as agate and onyx. This piezoelectric mineral made up of continuous silicon-oxygen tetrahedra is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth's crust. For 10 points, identify this silicate mineral of hardness 7 on the Mohs scale.
This mineral has the same structure as berlinite, and it has the lowest relative weathering potential on the Goldich dissolution series.
{quartz} [prompt on "silicon dioxide" or "SiO2"]