Mpɛn pii no, quartz ahwehwɛ kyerɛ mineral quartz. Quartz ahwehwɛ wɔ ahorow ahorow, a vein quartz, quartz anhwea, ne quartzite ka ho, na ɛyɛ ade titiriw a wɔde yɛ da biara da dɔte. Quartz yɛ aboɔden abo a ɛtrɛw wɔ Asase so, na ne su ahorow no nya sɛnea dɔte a wɔde yɛ da biara da no yɛ so nkɛntɛnso kɛse.
Quartz ne anhwea ne ahwehwɛ a ɛtaa ba no wɔ abusuabɔ a emu dɔ; wɔn nyinaa fi ade koro-silicon dioxide mu. Quartz, te sɛ ahwehwɛ ne agate, yɛ silicon dioxide bi, nanso wɔde akwan horow a wɔfa so yɛ ahwehwɛ na ɛyɛ aboɔden abo ahorow. Sɛ silicon dioxide yɛ ahwehwɛ ma ɛyɛ pɛ a, ɛyɛ ahwehwɛ. Sɛ silicon dioxide kɔ gelation na nsu fi mu a, ɛbɛyɛ agate. Na sɛ nsu mu silica colloids yɛ den a, opal na ɛba. Bio nso, sɛ silicon dioxide nnua sua sen micron kakraa bi a, nsakrae te sɛ chalcedony, flint, ne quartzite a ɛto so abien betumi aba.