Here's why you should visit Gulf Shores, Alabama, on your next getaway.

The site, which is secretive and closely guarded, produces the vast majority of the quartz sand used to manufacture high-purity polysilicon crystals. The crystals are used to make modern ...

The artificial components make up roughly 10 percent of the countertop makeup—the rest is crushed quartz. If you want something straight from the ground, in its pure state, then quartzite is for you.

The raw material used in Czochralski puller crucibles is natural quartz sand (SiO 2) that has been processed to 99.997% purity. A crucible’s performance is dependent on properties, such as ...

A man has died after a "serious incident" at a sand mine in the west coast. Emergency services were called to Lochaline Quartz Sand Mine, on the Morvern Peninsula near Mull, after receiving ...

"Home to the warm, emerald waters that the Gulf of Mexico is famous for, this town 50 miles southeast of Mobile entices beachgoers year-round looking to sink their toes into its white quartz sand." ...