Unlike mineral particles found in clouds on Earth, the quartz crystals detected in the clouds of WASP-17 b are not swept up from a rocky surface. Instead, they originate in the atmosphere itself.

Associated with the fresh flush of first love and new beginnings, Moonstone supports the Heart Chakra, Third Eye Chakra and ...

Evidence for the use of rock crystal - a rare type of perfectly transparent quartz which forms in large hexagonal gems - has occasionally been found at prehistoric sites in the British Isles, but ...

Pure quartz, or “rock crystal” from Brazil. Source: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 Pick up a rock almost anywhere on Earth and chances are pretty good that there’s at least some quartz in it.

More than one of our readers suggested we highlight this beautifully-shot process documentary about the laborious and precise manufacturing of piezoelectric quartz crystals in the early 1940s.

They submerged quartz crystals in a gold-rich fluid and applied ... with quartz veins found in tectonically active areas or even rocks shattered by earthquakes. “In essence, the quartz acts ...

Geodes, for instance, are created when mineral-rich water seeps into hollow spaces within rock formations and slowly evaporates, leaving behind dazzling crystals like quartz and amethyst.

Large crystals found in geodes and other rocks are relatively rare. Pink ChalcedonyA pink chalcedony shows off its beauty. Chalcedonies include many types of cryptocrystalline quartz gems and ...