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What's the use of a quartz mine?

What's the use of a quartz mine?

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Quartz (quartz sand) is an important industrial mineral raw material, widely used in glass, casting, ceramics and refractory materials, metallurgy, construction, chemical, plastics, rubber, abrasives and other industries.
Quartz stone (quartz sand) is a hard, wear-resistant, stable chemical properties of silicate minerals, its main mineral composition is SiO2, quartz stone (quartz sand) color is milky white or colorless and translucent, 7 hardness, brittle cleavage, conchatus fracture, oil sheen, the relative density of 2.65 the chemical, thermal and Mechanical properties have obvious anisotropy, insoluble in acid, slightly soluble in KOH solution, the melting point of 1750 DEG C.

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