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Cristobalite

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Cristobalite flour/ Cristobalite

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cristobalite

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What does cristobalite mean?

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Cristobalite is a high-temperature polymorph of silica. silica powder, quartz powder, fused powder

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Cristobalite is synthesized from high purity quartz using high heat and many complex process.

The mineral cristobalite is a high-temperature polymorph of silica, meaning that it has the same chemical formula as quartz, SiO2, but a distinct crystal structure. Both quartz and cristobalite are polymorphs with all the members of the quartz group, which also include coesite, tridymite and stishovite. Cristobalite occurs as white octahedra or spherulites in acidic volcanic rocks and in converted diatomaceous deposits in the Monterey Formation of the US state of California and similar areas. Cristobalite is stable only above 1470 °C, but can crystallize and persist metastably at lower temperatures. It is named after Cerro San Cristóbal in Pachuca Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico.
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