Quartz
The trigonal crystalline mineral form of silicon dioxide; the mineral species, not the resin-bound engineered quartz surfacing sold under the same wild-form word.
Also called quartz crystal.
How it connects
Quartz is a kind of Silica.
Other kinds of Silica: Cristobalite.
In other taxonomies
- QuartzCAS Registry Number, 14808-60-7the same thing
- quartz (mineral)Getty AAT, 300011132nearly the same
- quartzWikidata, Q43010nearly the same
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
The word “quartz”
2 meanings
- Engineered quartzMaterialDefault
- QuartzMaterial, this termNo default
Record
- Also called
- quartz crystal
- Broader
- Silica
- Provenance
- referencedcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); CAS Registry, read 22 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/quartzKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderSilicaoutgoing
- narrowerSilicaincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Silicaoutgoing
- ancestor (derived)Mineraloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Cristobaliteoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAS Registry Number | 14808-60-7 | Quartz | the same thing |
| Getty AAT | 300011132 | quartz (mineral) | nearly the same |
| Wikidata | Q43010 | quartz | nearly the same |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026Quartz via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/search?query=Quartz&filter=status%3ACurrent | none |