Latest Quartz Stories
Designed and created by Jake Levy HATFIELD, Pa., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- In March 2011, Brooklyn based custom stone artisan shop International Stone Collections participated in the Architectural Digest Home Design Show, where they met and decided to collaborate with Krista Rivers from Franke's Marketing team. Franke Kitchen Systems is the world's leading provider of intelligent systems for domestic kitchens. These two dynamic and innovative companies got to work on a...
VANCOUVER, Feb. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Quartz Mountain Resources Ltd. ("Quartz Mountain") (TSXV: QZM); (OTC: QZMRF) announces that Michael Lee has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") and Lena Brommeland as Executive Vice President of the Company, effectively immediately. Mr. Lee replaces Simon Beller who has resigned from his role with the Company. Michael Lee is a Chartered Accountant and holds a bachelor's degree in commerce from the University of British...
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspired by some of the world's most beautiful natural marble, Caesarstone's newest designs represent the five new additions to the Classico(TM) collection, all with a unique blend of earthy tones and delicately infused veins. These new designs are all made using cutting-edge technology and are completely unique and exclusive to the Caesarstone® brand. The five designs include: Frosty Carrina: Beautiful soft ivory white with...
VANCOUVER, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Quartz Mountain Resources Ltd. ("Quartz Mountain") (TSX-V: QZM; OTC: QZMRF) announces results from exploration programs completed in 2012 at the Galaxie and ZNT projects in British Columbia (BC). Induced polarization (IP) geophysical, prospecting and geochemical sampling surveys were undertaken at the Company's Galaxie porphyry copper property, located near Dease Lake and the ZNT silver-zinc project, located near Houston. These surveys...
TSX:GPD WHITEHORSE, YT, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Golden Predator Corp. (TSX: GPD) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the results of its early stage soil and rock chip sampling programs from 2011 and 2012 from the Rogue A, B and F properties located in the central Selwyn (Figure 1). On the Rogue B property, the Company has discovered an area of high-grade gold mineralization exposed over an area of approximately 1 km x 1 km that it is calling the Valley Gold area. The...
The NSG Precision spectrophotometer cell is the best tool a researcher can rely on for all UV/VIS spectroscopy experiments. With over 50 years of tireless experience and customer satisfaction, there is no better place to look for a quartz or glass cell. Farmingdale, NY (PRWEB) January 22, 2013 Accuracy and reliability. These are the factors that make the NSG Precision spectrophotometer cell very popular all over the planet. From constructing, manufacturing, cutting and polishing, fusing,...
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Archaeologists working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama have discovered a cluster of 12 unusual stones in the back of a small, prehistoric rock-shelter near the town of Boquete. The cache represents the earliest material evidence of shamanistic practice in lower Central America. Ruth Dickau, Leverhulme Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Exeter in England, unearthed the cache of stones in the Casita de Piedra...
NEW YORK, Nov. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- American Estate Jewelry, a luxury sterling silver repousse jewelry company based in Baltimore, Maryland, announces the launch of its new "Sparkling Chrysanthemum Collection," available exclusively for Holiday 2012 at AmericanEstateJewelry.com. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121123/PH17890 ) This chic collection of hand-chased silver and gold cuff bracelets, earrings, necklaces and cocktail rings expands on the company's...
VANCOUVER, Nov. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Quartz Mountain Resources Ltd. ("Quartz Mountain" or the "Company") (TSX-V: QZM; OTC: QZMRF) announces that Scott Cousens has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Cousens has also been appointed as Chairman of the Board, replacing Robert Dickinson who is stepping down as Chairman but who will remain on the Board as a director. Scott Cousens is a mining executive who has over 20 years of industry...
TORONTO, Oct. 30, 2012 /CNW/ - Caesarstone, the original quartz surface, unveiled five NEW Supernatural designs from their Classico collection, during World MasterCard Fashion Week, which was held in Toronto from October 22-26, 2012. Caesarstone's NEW supernatural designs were unveiled in a ten by ten foot installation within the fashion week tent on opening night. The space, which highlighted stunning imagery from the collection, also featured a custom macaroon bar. In...
Latest Quartz Reference Libraries
Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in the Earth's crust. It has a hexagonal crystal structure made of trigonal crystallized silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2), with a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale. Density is 2.6 g/cm³. The typical shape is a six-sided prism that ends in six-sided pyramids, although these are often distorted, or so massive that only part of the shape is apparent from a mined specimen. Additionally a bed is a common form, particularly for varieties such as amethyst,...
