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Quartz is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Quartz is abundant in the Earth's crust, being the chemically simplest form of the silicates. All the samples here are displayed in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. One of many varieties of quartz is an opaque white variety called milky quartz. The sample at right is about 35 cm wide and is from Mineral Park, Colorado.
石英是二氧化硅,SiO₂。石英在地壳中很丰富,是硅酸盐中化学最简单的形式。此处所有样本均陈列在史密森尼自然历史博物馆。石英的众多品种之一是一种不透明的白色品种,称为乳石英。右边的样本宽约35厘米,来自科罗拉多州的矿物公园。
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