Blue Quartz

Where it forms, where it's found

76recorded occurrences

Source · OpenStreetMap

Chemical composition

Constituent elements: Mass composition breakdown
Element Atoms At. mass g/mol Mass g/mol Mass share
8OOxygen Oxygen 2 15.999 31.998
53.26%
14SiSilicon Silicon 1 28.085 28.085
46.74%
Total 60.083 100.00%
Mass share = atoms × atomic mass ÷ molar mass × 100
From Mindat formula

Mass composition breakdown
Element	Atoms	At. mass g/mol	Mass g/mol	Mass share
8OOxygen	Oxygen	2	15.999	31.998	53.26%
14SiSilicon	Silicon	1	28.085	28.085	46.74%
	Total	60.083	100.00%

Synonyms

Blauquarz
Lazurquartz
Lazurquarz
Saphirquarz
Saphyrquarz
Sapphire Quartz

Literature, links & citation

Citations

—Hasenberger, K.; Kirchner, E.; Musso, M.; Asenbaum, A. (1998): Neue Daten zur Genese des Blauquarzes vom Grabenbach, Golling, Sbg. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft 143, 296-298. https://opac.geologie.ac.at/ais312/dokumente/143_296-298_Hasenberger_et_al.pdf
1939Jayaraman, N. (1939): The cause of colour of the blue quartzes of the charnockites of South India and the Champion Gneiss and other related rocks of Mysore. In Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section A (Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 265-285). Indian Academy of Sciences.
1966Dietrich, V.R., De Quervain, F., Nissen, H.U. (1966): Tourmaline asbestos from alpine mineral joints. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 46, 695-697 (in German).
1966Stalder, H. A. (1966): Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 46, 697-702 (in Geman).
1967Stalder, H. A. (1967): Blue quartz from Calanda near Tamins. Urner Mineralien-Freund 5(1), 1-6 (in German).

Cite this entry

@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Blue Quartz — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/blue-quartz-26723},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}