“Quartz glass: A clear vitreous solid, formed by melting pure quartz, that can withstand high temperatures and is extremely transparent to infrared, visible, and ultraviolet…
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Quartz is the most abundant mineral in the Earth’s crust. You can find quartz in sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks, and in geological curiosities like…
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Even though we look at the glass as one of the most common building material for various kitchen utensils, windows, wide variety of ornamental small…
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Quartz and calcite are common minerals in the rocks around the world. Both minerals form in a variety of colors, such as purple, white, brown,…
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A beaker is a cylindrical container used to store, mix and heat liquids in laboratories. Most are made of glass, but other non-corrosive materials, such…
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Bending and drawing glass tubing is a handy skill for managing laboratory glassware. Here is how to do it. Note About Glass There are two main types of…
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If you’re working in a lab or taking a lab class, you’ll encounter many different kinds of glassware, each of which has features that make…
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Glass is an amorphous form of matter. It is a solid. You may have heard different explanations about whether glass should be classified as a solid…
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Quartz and fluorite are two very different minerals, each with a different hardness and crystal structure, although on the surface they look very similar. Both…
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Quartz – chemical name silicon dioxide – is one of the most common minerals found on the earth’s surface. Quartz covers a wide variety of stones, many…
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