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The 50 pages that link to Quartz, each with the reason it gives.

• GraniteRelated: Its abundant grains are a defining component of granite.

• SandstoneRelated: Its durability makes quartz grains especially likely to survive transport and accumulate in sandstone.

• PorcelainRelated: It contributes silica to porcelain bodies and helps control shrinkage during firing.

• PegmatiteRelated: Quartz is a frequent constituent of granitic pegmatites.

• Pierre CurieRelated: Quartz crystals enabled the Curie brothers' experiments on piezoelectricity.

• Cosmogenic nuclide datingRelated: Quartz hosts measurable beryllium-10 and aluminum-26, making it a standard target mineral.

• Optically stimulated luminescenceRelated: Quartz grains trap radiation-produced electrons that light can release during OSL measurement.

• GneissRelated: Quartz often forms light-colored bands in gneiss.

• SiltRelated: Quartz grains are common constituents of silty sediment.

• Crystal oscillatorRelated: Quartz is the material most commonly used to set oscillator frequency.

• QuartziteRelated: Quartz grains dominate quartzite and recrystallize into its interlocking texture.

• Thermoluminescence datingRelated: Quartz grains can store radiation-induced charge and produce thermoluminescence signals.

• DioriteRelated: Diorite generally contains little quartz; abundant quartz points toward granodiorite instead.

• SpodumeneRelated: Quartz is a frequent pegmatite companion and may occur alongside spodumene.

• TonaliteRelated: Quartz is abundant in tonalite and helps define its classification.

• GranodioriteRelated: Its abundance is one of the defining features of granodiorite.

• MyloniteRelated: Quartz-rich layers often show the recrystallized grains used to study mylonitic deformation.

• Fused quartzRelated: High-purity quartz supplies the silica melted to make this glass.

• WollastoniteRelated: Quartz or other silica sources provide silicon for wollastonite-forming reactions.

• ChalcedonyRelated: Intergrown microscopic quartz crystals form much of chalcedony’s structure.

• DaciteRelated: Quartz commonly occurs in dacite and signals its silica-rich composition.

• Brittle–ductile transition zoneRelated: Quartz-rich crust can begin ductile flow at different conditions from stronger dry rocks.