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Quartz (Industrial) (740 words) |
 | Quartz is composed of the two most abundant elements (silicon and oxygen) in the earth's crust, making it common on the earth's surface. |
 | Quartz as single crystals and groups or clusters of clear rock crystal from Arkansas are widely known for their aesthetic beauty. |
 | The milky quartz is mined from veins in an open pit near Paron, Saline County, and trucked to the processing plant near Jessieville, Garland County. |
| MILKY QUARTZ: the cloudy white variety of quartz (384 words) |
 | Milky quartz is often responsible for the cloudy phantoms inside of otherwise clear rock quartz, amethyst, citrine or smoky quartz. |
 | The milky quartz may have formed at an early stage of the crystal's growth and a later stage of clear quartz growth covered the milky quartz. |
 | Milky quartz is occasionally associated with gold in hydrothermal veins. |