Quartz

 | Property | Details | | :--- | :--- | | **Category** | Raw Materials |-| **Source** | Quartz Node, Quartz Deposit, Metal Farm |-| **Biome** | All except Karakorum Metal Farms |+| **Source** | Quartz Node, Quartz Deposit |+| **Biome** | All except for Karakorum Metal Farms | | **Description** | Silicon dioxide (SiO2). For silica glass and optical memory. Often makes up most of a planet's crust. |   ![Quartz](Quartz.png)   **Quartz** is a Raw Material used in crafting. It is highly abundant inside and around Coral Domes in the Shallows.   ## Obtaining  -Quartz can appear in three forms:-*   **Individual items**: Can be picked up by hand. These yield 1 Quartz.-*   **Resource Nodes**: Broken by hand or using any Tool. These yield 3 Quartz.-*   **Resource Deposits**: Broken with the Sonic Resonator. These yield 5 Quartz.+Quartz can appear as:+*   Individual items that can be picked up by hand. These yield 1 Quartz.+*   Resource Nodes that are broken by hand or using any Tool. These yield 3 Quartz.+*   Resource Deposits that are broken with the Sonic Resonator. These yield 5 Quartz.   Quartz can be found in every biome except for the Karakorum Metal Farms.   ## Recipe   Quartz can be produced in a Metal Farm.  -| Machine | Input | Time | Output |+| Machine | Crafting Time | Input | Output | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |-| Metal Farm | - | 2:00 | 3x Quartz |+| Metal Farm | 2:00 | - | 3 Quartz |   ## Uses in Crafting   Quartz is a component in various crafting recipes.   ## On Collecting   NoA will tell the player the following: > "This quartz contains dead coral polyps. It may have formed on or near a coral dome."   ## Databank Entry   **Quartz (SiO2)**   A silicate crystal named by the Polish. Quartz and feldspar make up most of Earth's continental crust.   Used in the creation of fabricator-aligned glass and ultra-long-term computer memory storage lasting billions of years.   Typically found as phenocrysts formed from cooling lava — but some local deposits have a telltale bioplastic matrix.  -**Hypothesis:** a local coral gathers dissolved silica to grow quartz deposits.+Hypothesis: a local coral gathers dissolved silica to grow quartz deposits.   *Source: Scan Quartz*   ## Gallery  -![A Quartz deposit](Large_Quartz_Node.png)-*A Quartz deposit*- -![A Quartz node](Medium_Quartz_Node.png)-*A Quartz node*- -![Individual Quartz inside a Coral Dome](Small_Quartz_Node.png)-*Individual Quartz inside a Coral Dome*+![A Quartz deposit](Large Quartz Node.png)+![A Quartz node](Medium Quartz Node.png)+![Individual Quartz inside a Coral Dome](Small Quartz Node.png)