How many oxygen atoms are in 2.10g of quartz?
So that people will pay money for it.
Never heard of this, but I am going to watch your question to see if someone else has something on it. Interesting...
those are the makes use of of quartz, no longer the rest: - particular lenses and prisms and quartz-glass tubes for unlamps - laboratory tubes and crucibles - glass it somewhat is functional for making precise laboratory experiments - uncomplicated varieties of glass - shape artwork and foundry molds - as a filter out for some beverages - sandpapers, whetstones, and scouring powders and in sandblasting - radio, television, and radar - digital watches
It originated back in the late 1980's or early 1990's. Most likely it was part of the new age movement or started by someone who wanted to sell more crystals of various types. I didn't keep track but I've heard various properties attributed to different crystals i.e. one person says quartz heals and another says it increases love.
all crystals have their own properties they are resonate at different levels and work with our bodies energies in Hinduism ( which I believe is where this originated ) we are said to have chakras ... energy points in our body these work with colour and sound frequencies and crystals are just one way of working with these along with mantras , tones , singing bowls etc clear quartz , is a good all rounder .... because of its purity and colour