Tridymite is a high-temperature polymorph of silica and usually occurs as minute tabular white or colorless pseudo-hexagonal crystals, or scales, in cavities...
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in α-tridymite it is in the range 154–171 pm. The Si–O–Si angle also varies between a low value of 140° in α-tridymite, up to 180° in β-tridymite. In α-quartz...
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with all the members of the quartz group, which also include coesite, tridymite and stishovite. It is named after Cerro San Cristóbal in Pachuca Municipality...
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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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family). Examples include: 3D-Silicates, quartz family Quartz – SiO2 Tridymite – SiO2 Cristobalite – SiO2 Coesite – SiO2 Stishovite – SiO2 Moganite –...
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taken to avoid sudden temperature changes that may damage the crystals. Tridymite and cristobalite are high-temperature polymorphs of SiO2 that occur in...
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have rims of pigeonite. The groundmass contains interstitial quartz or tridymite or cristobalite. Olivine tholeiitic basalt has augite and orthopyroxene...
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of formation. The main three polymorphs are quartz, cristobalite, and tridymite. Quartz is the second most common mineral in the world (next to feldspar)...
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metallic cobalt and nickel and crystalline silica (quartz, cristobalite and tridymite). Usually, physical carcinogens must get inside the body (such as through...
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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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Pleochroism weak, from red-brown to green-brown Melting point 1670 °C (β tridymite) 1713 °C (β cristobalite) Solubility Insoluble at STP; 1 ppmmass at 400 °C...
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they consist of imperfect crystals of feldspar, mixed with quartz or tridymite; similar bodies are often produced artificially in glasses that are allowed...
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structure of interlocked six-member rings. This resembles the structure of tridymite, with aluminum substituting for every other silicon atom. This structure...
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extremely high pressure—stishovite, probably a pseudomorphosis after tridymite. From the article "First discovery of stishovite in an iron meteorite":...
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piezoelectric properties. When heated, crystalline AlPO4 (berlinite) converts to tridymite and cristobalite forms, and this mirrors the behaviour of silicon dioxide...
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individual silicon and oxygen atoms to α-tridymite, similarly to the transition from α-quartz to β-quartz. β-tridymite slowly transforms to cubic β-cristobalite...
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rhyolites, and extremely Fe-rich olivine can exist stably with quartz and tridymite. In contrast, Mg-rich olivine does not occur stably with silica minerals...
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Commonly in most felsic ignimbrites the quartz polymorphs cristobalite and tridymite are usually found within the welded tuffs and breccias. In the majority...
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graphite, ilmenite, merrillite, low-calcium pyroxene, schreibersite, tridymite and troilite. Glossary of meteoritics McSween, Harry Y. (1999). Meteorites...
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which are now classified as andesites. Quartz is rare in trachyte, but tridymite (which likewise consists of silica) is not uncommon. It is rarely in crystals...
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example, quartz will change into a variety of its SiO2 polymorphs, such as tridymite and cristobalite at high temperatures, and coesite at high pressures....
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a web of minute feldspars mixed with interstitial grains of quartz or tridymite; but in many dacites it is largely vitreous, while in others it is felsitic...
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Tourmaline (group of silicate minerals) Tranquillityite Tremolite Trevorite Tridymite Triphylite Triplite Triploidite Tripuhyite Troilite Trona Tschermakite...
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Tancoite Tco Telluroperite Tpr Thermaerogenite Tag Titanowodginite Twdg Tridymite Trd Tululite Tlu Taneyamalite Tny Telyushenkoite Tys Thermessaite Tms...
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Some of these lithophysae are several centimeters or more in diameter. Tridymite, fayalite and other minerals in the lithophysae may be precipitates from...
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whereas in α-tridymite it ranges from 154–171 pm (6.1×10−9–6.7×10−9 in). The Si-O-Si bond angle also varies from 140° in α-tridymite to 144° in α-quartz...
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form of silica composed mostly of bladed crystals of cristobalite and tridymite. Much opal-CT takes the form of lepispheres, which are clusters of bladed...
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mineral assemblages: In metapelites: cordierite + mullite + sanidine + tridymite (often altered to quartz) + glass In carbonates: wollastonite + anorthite...
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if present, may be rimmed by either of these calcium-poor pyroxenes. Tridymite or quartz may be present in the fine-grained groundmass of tholeiitic...
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which form many polymorphs. Important ones include: α-quartz, β-quartz, tridymite, cristobalite, moganite, coesite, and stishovite. A classical example...
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