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Quartz is a crystalline form of

A. Alumina

B. Glass

C. Silica

D. Limestone

Answer: Option C

Solution(By Examveda Team)

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 highsilica volcanic rocks. Coesite is a denser polymorph of quartz found in some meteorite impact sites and in metamorphic rocks.

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