However, in 2023, the rover ventured beyond the lake bottom, climbing the crater’s rim, where it made an unexpected discovery ...

Pure quartz crystals have been spotted on Mars for the first time, as well as other gems like opal. Researchers say these crystals, as well as being evidence of past hydrothermal activity ...

THE extensive use of quartz in piezoelectric oscillators has stimulated the production of synthetic quartz crystals. Spezia 1 in 1906 grew quartz at a temperature somewhat below 300° C.