The deposits formed 380 million years ago when Africa collided with North America.
  • TheMurphy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    8 months ago

    Here’s the actual top 10 over exporting countries of quartz. Not even in the top 5 for the US.

    1 China $72,289,000

    2 Turkey $68,161,000

    3 India $43,827,000

    4 Spain $27,107,000

    5 Brazil $26,611,000

    6 United States $21,351,000

    7 Germany $16,791,000

    8 Italy $13,219,000

    9 Canada $12,225,000

    10 Egypt $10,204,000

    • ccunning@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      8 months ago

      The article’s implication is that not all quartz is the same quality. Are you saying that’s incorrect? This list seems irrelevant otherwise.

      • quartzmin3@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        8 months ago

        The article is correct. High purity quartz is necessary for semiconductors, not all quartz meets this standard.

    • Holyginz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      8 months ago

      They can’t use just any old piece of quartz so this info is worthless to the discussion.