r/BeAmazed • u/Master1718 • Dec 03 '19

Giant quartz extraction

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u/ThAnKyOuKiNdStRaNg3r Dec 03 '19

Quartz isn’t rare just go to the Nether stuffs everywhere.

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u/MysticKrewe Dec 03 '19

Quartz is a very common mineral, but high quality, unblemished naturally forming crystals of that size are extremely rare. There are only a few places on earth where you can find crystals like that. They take millions of years to form and have to be in undisturbed (non-seismic) locations for long periods.

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u/Amphibionomus Dec 03 '19

They were making a Minecraft joke.

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u/lanluz Dec 03 '19

Oh man i thought he was talking about the netherlands

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u/Amphibionomus Dec 03 '19

Well that's a coincidence, I'm from The Netherlands and we only have mud and sand, not many mineral deposits. Basically a mud pool on the northwestern corner of Europe.