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    Cristobalite (/krɪˈstoʊbəˌlaɪt/) is a mineral polymorph of silica that is formed at very high temperatures. It has the same chemical formula as quartz...
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    found naturally occurring as quartz, tridymite (high-temperature form), cristobalite (high-temperature form), stishovite (high-pressure form), and coesite...
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    appear to be closer to that of cristobalite and tridymite than to quartz. The structures of tridymite and cristobalite are closely related and can be...
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  • polymorphs of cristobalite and / or tridymite. These polymorphs also experience temperature-induced inversions. The inversion of cristobalite at 220 °C can...
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    high-temperature form of cristobalite, which have a similar structure, with one kind of atom (such as silicon in cristobalite) at the positions of carbon...
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    the temperature of formation. The main three polymorphs are quartz, cristobalite, and tridymite. Quartz is the second most common mineral in the world...
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    include: 3D-Silicates, quartz family Quartz – SiO2 Tridymite – SiO2 Cristobalite – SiO2 Coesite – SiO2 Stishovite – SiO2 Moganite – SiO2 Chalcedony –...
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    small, white, radially clustered crystals (spherulites) of the mineral cristobalite in the black glass produce a blotchy or snowflake pattern (snowflake...
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    structure is related to that of cristobalite, a polymorphs of SiO2. This structural similarity of cadmium dicyanide and cristobalite was foundational in the development...
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    pigeonite. The groundmass contains interstitial quartz or tridymite or cristobalite. Olivine tholeiitic basalt has augite and orthopyroxene or pigeonite...
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    sudden temperature changes that may damage the crystals. Tridymite and cristobalite are high-temperature polymorphs of SiO2 that occur in high-silica volcanic...
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    powdered metallic cobalt and nickel and crystalline silica (quartz, cristobalite and tridymite). Usually, physical carcinogens must get inside the body...
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    several crystalline forms of silica, SiO2. The most important forms of silica include: α-quartz, β-quartz, tridymite, cristobalite, coesite, and stishovite....
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    nucleates and transforms to platelet mullite and highly crystalline cristobalite: 3 Si 3 Al 4 O 12 ⟶ 2 ( 3 Al 2 O 3 ⋅ 2 SiO 2 ) + 5 SiO 2 {\displaystyle...
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  • changes the low quartz structure into another structure similar with cristobalite. The specific structure of GaPO4 shows the arrangement of tetrahedrons...
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  • obtained at pressure, the ordinary structure is isomorphous with the β-cristobalite, while subjecting it to high pressure is obtained a compound isomorphic...
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  • Damby, David E.; Bowen, Leon (2012-11-19). "The structure of volcanic cristobalite in relation to its toxicity; relevance for the variable crystalline silica...
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  • Methyl-CCNU] Silica dust, crystalline, in the form of quartz or cristobalite Tamoxifen 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) Thiotepa (1,1'...
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    In the 1930s, long-term occupational exposure among workers in the cristobalite diatomaceous earth industry who were exposed to high levels of airborne...
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  • Cornubite Cornwallite Corundum Cotunnite Covellite Coyoteite Creedite Cristobalite Crocoite Cronstedtite Crookesite Crossite (not approved by IMA) Cryolite...
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    favored at elevated temperatures (above 870 °C) and it converts to β-cristobalite at 1,470 °C. However, tridymite does usually not form from pure β-quartz...
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  • When heated, crystalline AlPO4 (berlinite) converts to tridymite and cristobalite forms, and this mirrors the behaviour of silicon dioxide. There are many...
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    red-brown to green-brown Melting point 1670 °C (β tridymite) 1713 °C (β cristobalite) Solubility Insoluble at STP; 1 ppmmass at 400 °C and 500 lb/in2 to 2600 ppmmass...
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    Common mineral cements include calcite, quartz, and silica phases like cristobalite, iron oxides, and clay minerals; other mineral cements also occur. Cementation...
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    to temperatures of 1,000–1,200 °C (1,830–2,190 °F) into enstatite and cristobalite; on the Mohs scale, this corresponds to an increase in hardness to 5...
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    the lowest at 2 × 10−14. The structure of solid BeF2 resembles that of cristobalite. Be2+ centers are four coordinate and tetrahedral and the fluoride centers...
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    200 °C catastrophic failure can occur due to the volume changes at the cristobalite inversion (around 225 °C) Steger's Crazing Test is a method for the assessment...
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    Volcanogenic constituents: Tuffites, volcanic ash, montmorillonite, cristobalite, zeolites Terrigenous constituents: Quartz, feldspars, rock fragments...
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    certain physical reactions, including converting some of the quartz to cristobalite. After calcination the flint pebbles were crushed and milled to a fine...
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  • produced from montmorillonite clay bodies due to the volume expansion of cristobalite during its inversion upon cooling. "The release of free silica, takes...
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