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Quartz is a crystalline form of -

A. Alumina
B. Glass
C. Silica
D. Limestone
Answer» C. Silica
Explanation: Quartz is made up of a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon-oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall formula SiO2. Tridymite and cristobalite are hightemperature polymorphs of SiO2 that occur in high-silica volcanic rocks. Coesite is a denser polymorph of quartz found in some meteorite impact sites and in metamorphic rocks.
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