The name quartz is derived from “quertz,” itself a contraction of “Querklufterz” (cross-vein ore), a mining term that was in use in Saxony. The ancient term crystallos, from the Greek word for frozen water, is still used for the variety rock crystal. Otherwise, the term “crystal” has now (since M. A. Cappeler, 1723, and Romé de I'Isle, 1772) a more general significance.
Historical Notes
Quartz has been known, and made use of, since the palaeolithicum. Great technical skills were developed in early times, as is evidenced by the carved gems of Crete, Greece, Rome, and Alexandria. There are, however, few meaningful indications on quartz before the late Renaissance. From that time on, fundamental observations have been made on quartz.
The law of constancy of angles is based on a work by Nicolaus Steno, 1669, which is preponderantly on quartz. The Prodromus Crystallographiaeby Moritz Anton Cappeler, 1723, first to use the term crystallography and first to attempt a correlation of shape,...
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Friedlaender, C.G.I. (1981). Quartz . In: Mineralogy. Encyclopedia of Earth Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30720-6_120
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