Occurs all over the world. Makes up many other gemstones.

Prized throughout history for hardness, ability to be carved, found in many burials throught europe

Second most abundant mineral after feldspar

Used in watches and clocks due to the piezoelectric effect (important for conducting electricity)

Quartz is the second-most-abundant mineral in Earth's continental crust, after feldspar. tThe word "quartz" is derived from the German word "Quarz" and its Middle High German ancestor "twarc", which probably originated in Slavic, cf. Czech tvrdý ("hard"), Polish twardy ("hard").