#Blue #Quartz is a form of #SiliconDioxide #crystal.
Impurities in on on the crystal alter its growth.
In the case of #BlueQuartz, the impurity is sodium or even other #silicate materials.

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#Blue #Quartz is a quartz (SiO2) #crystal tinted blue from its usual colorlessness by #sodium or other #silicon-bearing #minerals incorporated into the crystal structure.
This image is a close-up of a blue quartz #specimen.

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A #macro #perspective of a #blue #quartz #crystal.
Quartz (#SiliconDioxide) is normally a colorless crystal, but inclusions of other #silicate #minerals creates a blue-hued crystal.

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This piece of #blue #quartz is joined to the #rock it grew from.
#BlueQuartz is created when a growing silicon dioxide #crystal includes sodium or other silicate minerals.

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