Tags: quartz
Editorial
Increased Optimism
By Therese Dunphy
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty,” –Winston Churchill
Throughout the last several years, many aggregate producers may have been pessimists rather than optimists, but the tide may be ... Read More...
Carved in Stone
Q is for Quartz
This versatile mineral has been used in everything from ceremonial rattles to sonar transducers to quartz watches.
By Bill Langer
Quartz (kwôrts) noun – Intensely frozen ice (Gaius Plinius Secundus, 77 A.D.)
Back when our daughter, Kimberly, was a tyke ... Read More...
Carved in Stone
M is for Millstone
Among the many European millstones, the geology of the French burrstone was prized for the effect of its quartz grain.
‘mil-st¯on A portmanteau created by blending the words ‘mill’ and ‘stone.’ “I can never cease to hanker for ... Read More...
