#silicondioxide — Public Fediverse posts

Beware of the #dangers of #Silicon #Dioxide!

- Silicon Dioxide is a side product of dehydration of #asbestos
- Inhaling Silicon Dioxide causes #silicosis which is a condition that can fatally damage the lungs
- Silicon Dioxide is commonly used to contain #DihydrogenMonoxide
- Silicon Dioxide is a substance frequently warned about on packages
- Silicon Dioxide is used to manufacture #5G endpoint devices
- Silicon Dioxide is used by the #military to direct the effect of #TerahertzRadiation at the intended target
- Silicon Dioxide is a chemical known to the State of #California to cause #cancer.
- Silicon Dioxide is an essential component of #Molotov Cocktails
- Substantial amounts of Silicon Dioxide are often among trash washed up by the sea
- Silicon Dioxide, even in form of medium sized crystals, is a known "chicken killer"
- Silicon Dioxide is, as known for a long time, where the #foolish man built his home
- Silicon Dioxide is a commonly used extinguishing agent for Class D fires
- Contact with Silicon Dioxide often causes bleeding and injuries up to and including death
- Silicon Dioxide is used to enhance the effect of abrasive blasting, and can even chip away at steel
- Silicon Dioxide is often shipped alongside other dangerous chemicals such as #SulfuricAcid
- Just small quantities of Silicon Dioxide in your bed can cause #insomnia

Despite all this, even today Silicon Dioxide is still used as a building material for homes! #SiliconDioxide #conspiracy

(sorry for repost, had a massive typo)

#PubChem says #SiliconDioxide is a cause of silicosis (lung fibrosis), and increased risk of lung cancer. Accurate diagnosis relies on the absence of miliary tuberculosis and fungal infections, and you need proof of history of sufficient exposure. Apparently it also causes kidney disease.

Scroll down past the hazmap section to find "Silica, amorphous (7631-86-9) is [conveniently] not classifiable as to carcinogenicity to humans." #Carcinogen
https://web.archive.org/web/20241130103831/https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Silicon-Dioxide#section=Safety-and-Hazards

#Blue #Quartz is a form of #SiliconDioxide #crystal.
Impurities in on on the crystal alter its growth.
In the case of #BlueQuartz, the impurity is sodium or even other #silicate materials.

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#MineralPhotography, #Geology, #QuartzCrystals, #Photograph

#Blue #Quartz is a form of #SiliconDioxide #crystal.
Impurities in on on the crystal alter its growth.
In the case of #BlueQuartz, the impurity is sodium or even other #silicate materials.

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#MineralPhotography, #Geology, #QuartzCrystals, #Photograph

#Blue #Quartz is a form of #SiliconDioxide #crystal.
Impurities in on on the crystal alter its growth.
In the case of #BlueQuartz, the impurity is sodium or even other #silicate materials.

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#MineralPhotography, #Geology, #QuartzCrystals, #Photograph

#Blue #Quartz is a form of #SiliconDioxide #crystal.
Impurities in on on the crystal alter its growth.
In the case of #BlueQuartz, the impurity is sodium or even other #silicate materials.

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#MineralPhotography, #Geology, #QuartzCrystals, #Photograph

#Blue #Quartz is a quartz (SiO2) #crystal tinted blue from its usual colorlessness by #sodium or other #silicon-bearing #minerals incorporated into the crystal structure.
This image is a close-up of a blue quartz #specimen.

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#BlueQuartz, #SiliconDioxide, #Geology, #Mineralogy, #Macro, #MacroPhotography, #Photograph

#Blue #Quartz is a quartz (SiO2) #crystal tinted blue from its usual colorlessness by #sodium or other #silicon-bearing #minerals incorporated into the crystal structure.
This image is a close-up of a blue quartz #specimen.

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#BlueQuartz, #SiliconDioxide, #Geology, #Mineralogy, #Macro, #MacroPhotography, #Photograph

#Blue #Quartz is a quartz (SiO2) #crystal tinted blue from its usual colorlessness by #sodium or other #silicon-bearing #minerals incorporated into the crystal structure.
This image is a close-up of a blue quartz #specimen.

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#BlueQuartz, #SiliconDioxide, #Geology, #Mineralogy, #Macro, #MacroPhotography, #Photograph

#Blue #Quartz is a quartz (SiO2) #crystal tinted blue from its usual colorlessness by #sodium or other #silicon-bearing #minerals incorporated into the crystal structure.
This image is a close-up of a blue quartz #specimen.

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#BlueQuartz, #SiliconDioxide, #Geology, #Mineralogy, #Macro, #MacroPhotography, #Photograph

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A #macro #perspective of a #blue #quartz #crystal.
Quartz (#SiliconDioxide) is normally a colorless crystal, but inclusions of other #silicate #minerals creates a blue-hued crystal.

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#BlueQuartz, #MacroPhotography, #Mineral, #Photograph

A #macro #perspective of a #blue #quartz #crystal.
Quartz (#SiliconDioxide) is normally a colorless crystal, but inclusions of other #silicate #minerals creates a blue-hued crystal.

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#BlueQuartz, #MacroPhotography, #Mineral, #Photograph

A #macro #perspective of a #blue #quartz #crystal.
Quartz (#SiliconDioxide) is normally a colorless crystal, but inclusions of other #silicate #minerals creates a blue-hued crystal.

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#BlueQuartz, #MacroPhotography, #Mineral, #Photograph

A #macro #perspective of a #blue #quartz #crystal.
Quartz (#SiliconDioxide) is normally a colorless crystal, but inclusions of other #silicate #minerals creates a blue-hued crystal.

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#BlueQuartz, #MacroPhotography, #Mineral, #Photograph

#Carnelian is a form of #chalcedony whose amber, brown, and even green hues are caused by inclusions of iron oxide and other #silicate #minerals.
Carnelian is another form of #silicondioxide besides quartz.

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#Crystal, #SiO2, #Mineralogy, #Geology, #Macro, #MacroPhotography, #Photograph

#Amethyst is #quartz #crystal that has been colored #purple, often due to inclusions of iron in the crystal.
The #Macro #Photograph shows several small, partial #terminations, where the crystal comes to a point.

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#AmethystCrystal, #SiliconDioxide, #SiO2, #QuartzCrystal, #PurpleCrystal, #MacroPhotography,

This piece of #blue #quartz is joined to the #rock it grew from.
#BlueQuartz is created when a growing silicon dioxide #crystal includes sodium or other silicate minerals.

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#SiliconDioxide, #QuartzCrystal, #MacroPhotography, #Photograph

This piece of #blue #quartz is joined to the #rock it grew from.
#BlueQuartz is created when a growing silicon dioxide #crystal includes sodium or other silicate minerals.

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#SiliconDioxide, #QuartzCrystal, #MacroPhotography, #Photograph

This piece of #blue #quartz is joined to the #rock it grew from.
#BlueQuartz is created when a growing silicon dioxide #crystal includes sodium or other silicate minerals.

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#SiliconDioxide, #QuartzCrystal, #MacroPhotography, #Photograph

This piece of #blue #quartz is joined to the #rock it grew from.
#BlueQuartz is created when a growing silicon dioxide #crystal includes sodium or other silicate minerals.

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#SiliconDioxide, #QuartzCrystal, #MacroPhotography, #Photograph

#Quartz is a #crystal form of #SiliconDioxide (#SiO2) in a trigonal crystal system.
Other #mineral forms of silicon dioxide exist, but quartz is probably one of the most common.
Other things can be included into the crystal, or the crystal structure can be deformed, both of which are forms of #flaws in the crystal.
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#MacroPhotography, #MineralPhotography, #QuartzCrystal, #Photograph

A piece of blue #quartz, a type of quartz whose #blue #color is often a result of inclusions of sodium or different #silicate #minerals in the crystal, possibly with a small amount of iron.
The crustal is sitting on a light table.
#BlueQuartz, #SiliconDioxide, #SiO2, #BlueCrystal, #QuartzCrystal, #MacroPhotography, #Photo
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A piece of blue #quartz, a type of quartz whose #blue #color is often a result of inclusions of sodium or different #silicate #minerals in the crystal, possibly with a small amount of iron.
The crustal is sitting on a light table.
#BlueQuartz, #SiliconDioxide, #SiO2, #BlueCrystal, #QuartzCrystal, #MacroPhotography, #Photo
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A piece of blue #quartz, a type of quartz whose #blue #color is often a result of inclusions of sodium or different #silicate #minerals in the crystal, possibly with a small amount of iron.
The crustal is sitting on a light table.
#BlueQuartz, #SiliconDioxide, #SiO2, #BlueCrystal, #QuartzCrystal, #MacroPhotography, #Photo
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A piece of blue #quartz, a type of quartz whose #blue #color is often a result of inclusions of sodium or different #silicate #minerals in the crystal, possibly with a small amount of iron.
The crustal is sitting on a light table.
#BlueQuartz, #SiliconDioxide, #SiO2, #BlueCrystal, #QuartzCrystal, #MacroPhotography, #Photo
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A piece of blue #quartz, a type of quartz whose #blue #color is often a result of inclusions of sodium or different #silicate #minerals in the crystal, possibly with a small amount of iron.
The crustal is sitting on a light table.
#BlueQuartz, #SiliconDioxide, #SiO2, #BlueCrystal, #QuartzCrystal, #MacroPhotography, #Photo
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#Amethyst is a type of #quartz, crystalline #silicon dioxide (#SiO2), which contains inclusions of #iron on the #crystal.
This #MacroPhotograph of an amethyst specimen shows the seemingly-chaotic crystal growth.
#Macro, #Photograph, #Photography, #Photo, #Mineral, #SiliconDioxide, #AmethystCrystal
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A #macrophotography #photo of a #quartz #crystal and the #rock matrix it started to grow on. Projections and partial #terminations, as well as rock #inclusions give character and color to the otherwise milky #translucence or #transparent #color of pure #silicondioxide #SiO2.
It’s #interesting (to 🦊 Fox, the #photographer) that SiO2 is a clear analog of #carbondioxide #CO2. #Silicon and #carbon are both in the same #Group on the #PeriodicTable (#IUPAC #Group14 to physicists, #GroupIV). But on the #Earth, SiO2 #crystallizes. Under what #conditions does CO2 crystallize? What do CO2 crystals that have grown over #geologictime look like?
Sometimes 🦊 wonders odd things.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/quartz-crystal-specimen-3-heron-and-fox.html

A #macrophotography #photo of a #quartz #crystal and the #rock matrix it started to grow on. Projections and partial #terminations, as well as rock #inclusions give character and color to the otherwise milky #translucence or #transparent #color of pure #silicondioxide #SiO2.
It’s #interesting (to 🦊 Fox, the #photographer) that SiO2 is a clear analog of #carbondioxide #CO2. #Silicon and #carbon are both in the same #Group on the #PeriodicTable (#IUPAC #Group14 to physicists, #GroupIV). But on the #Earth, SiO2 #crystallizes. Under what #conditions does CO2 crystallize? What do CO2 crystals that have grown over #geologictime look like?
Sometimes 🦊 wonders odd things.
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/quartz-crystal-specimen-3-heron-and-fox.html

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