Global Silicon Dioxide Market: Information by Form (Amorphous, Quartz, Keatite, Cristobalite,
Coesite, Tridymite), Purity (2N (99%), 2N5 (99.5%), 3N (99.9%), 3N5 (99.95%), 4N (99.99%), 5N (99.999%) and Less Than 99% Purity), Application (Building Materials, Glass & Ceramics, Paints & Coatings, Adhesives & Sealants, Food & Pharmaceutical Additives, Silicon Wafers), End-Use Industry (Building & Construction, Electricals & Electronics, Healthcare, Food & Beverages, Chemical) and Region - Forecast till 2023
and Yoshioka, N.: 2004, Discovery of
coesite from Indus suture zone (ISZ), Ladakh, India: Evidence for deep subduction.
In nature, the polymorphs of silica are quartz; Cristobalite; Tridymite,
Coesite; Stishovite; lechatelerite and opal [15].
It can contain small area of quasi-crystalline form [12] like cristobalite,
coesite, or crystalline quartz [13].
Coesite discoveries establish cryptovolcanics as fossil meteorite craters.
Its atoms aggregate in forms as common as quartz crystals and as exotic as
coesite and stishovite, minerals formed by the intense pressures generated when extraterrestrial objects such as comets and asteroids strike Earth's surface (SN: 6/15/02, p.
Coesite and stishovite were discovered in the Barringer Meteor Crater and the Ries Crater, in Germany, more than a decade before the Alvarez group advanced the theory about the K-T extinction.
A less common form is known as
coesite, which has been found in meteorite impact craters such as Meteor Crater, Arizona.
Its impact origin was confirmed with the discovery of shatter cones (Dietz 1960), shocked quartz (Carlton and others 1998; Koeberl and others 1998), and
coesite (Cohen and others 1961) and is supported by the enrichment of siderophile elements at the center of the structure (Carlton and others 1998; Koeberland others 1998).