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Where Is Quartz Found?

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    Almost Everywhere!Quartz is one of the most widely distributed mineral on earth. It can be found in many igneous and metamorphic rocks like granite and gneiss. It can also be found in rhyolite, sandstone, shale, quartzite, and schist.
    There are certain areas on earth where they find the bigest and most valuable ones though. The chart below shows you some of those places:



    Amethyst
    Brazil, Uraguay, Mexico, Russia, Thunder Bay area of Canada, and some locallities in the USA.

    Smoky Quartz
    Brazil, Colorado, Scotland, Swiss Alps among many others.

    Rose Quartz
    Brazil

    Rock crystal
    Brazil, Arkansas, many locallities in Africa, etc.

    Agates
    Brazil, Lake Superior region, Montana, Mexico and Germany.




    As you can see Brazil is where a lot of the crystals come from. The bigest rock crystal was found in Brazil.

    Most good crystals are obtained in the mineral veins where quartz is found.Big quartz crystals are often found near hot springsThey can also be obtained from geodes, granite porphyries, and granite pegmatities.
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    Brickpro  

    answered 10 months ago

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