QUARTZ SILICA
Quartz is a crystalline silicon dioxide mineral, also called Crystalline Silica. Quartz is the most abundant mineral on the Earth's surface and the second most abundant mineral in the Earth's crust. Beach and desert sand is primarily composed of quartz crystals due to Quartz's high resistance to mechanical and chemical weathering. Quartz can be found in sand deposits and high-purity crystal deposits and is found to some degree as a minor component in most mineral formations. Quartz is highly abr