What is the difference between quartz and silica? | WikiDiff
Quartz is a see also of silica. As nouns the difference between quartz and silica is that quartz is (mineralogy) the most abundant mineral on the earth''s surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, si]][[oxygen|o 2 it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous found in every environment while silica is silicon dioxide.