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quartz comparison table

Subject	is one of	be produced by mechanism	has definition	has metastable polymorph	is a kind of	has genesi	is an instance of
martian meteorite mineral	295 minerals found to occur in meteorites				meteorite mineral	created on Mars if found in martian meteorite
stable mineral	4000 well-characterized minerals		a polymorphic mineral with the lowest possible energy state relative to room temperature and pressure		polymorphic mineral
tectosilicate	4000 well-characterized minerals		SiO4 tetrahedra connected together at each apex in a three dimensional framework		silicate
terrestrially weathered meteorite mineral	295 minerals found to occur in meteorites	weathering on Earth or during atmospheric entry	mineral formed by terrestrial weathering of primary meteoritic mineral on Earth or during atmospheric entry		meteorite mineral
quartz	295 minerals found to occur in meteorites	weathering on Earth or during atmospheric entry		coesite		created on Mars if found in martian meteorite	terrestrially weathered meteorite mineral

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