Quartz

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Quartz
Category	Raw Materials
Description	SiO4. Silica in crystalline form.
Acquired From	Large Resource Deposits Seabed
Size	1
Drill Yield	7-14
Biome	Blood Kelp Caves Blood Kelp Zone Crag Field Crash Zone Crash Zone Mesas Deep Sparse Reef Dunes Dunes Caves Grand Reef Grassy Plateaus Grassy Plateaus Caves Inactive Lava Zone Kelp Forest Kelp Forest Caves Lost River Bone Fields Corridor Ghost Canyon Ghost Forest Tree Cove Junction Mountains Corridor Mountains Caves Safe Shallows Safe Shallows Caves Sea Treader's Path Sea Treader's Tunnel Caves Sparse Reef Underwater Islands Underwater Islands Caves
Debug Spawn	quartz

Quartz: discovered. Quartz is used in fabricating basic survival equipment, and long-term habitats.

― PDA, Dialogue

Quartz is a raw material found on the seabed of many Biomes and in most Caves.

Description

Quartz appears in game as a large, whitish-grey cluster of crystals protruding from a large-grained grey rock in the center. At nighttime Quartz is illuminated, making it easy to spot.

Quartz can be found as a large resource deposit. Said deposits are especially plentiful in the Lost River, Grand Reef, Dunes and Crag Field.

Uses In Crafting

Fabricator

Habitat Builder

Gallery

Quartz at night

Quartz at Day

Quartz found in a patch of sea grass

The old form of Quartz

The large form of Quartz

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Trivia

• The formula SiO⁴ given in the description of Quartz is incorrect, as SiO⁴ isolated is not a stable molecule, rather it is an ion. The correct formula would be SiO². This is a fairly common error, as the crystal structure of quartz when represented as a Lewis structure or 3D model appears to show each silicon atom bonded to four atoms of oxygen, however these oxygen atoms are in fact shared with other silicon atoms, meaning the correct formula is SiO².