Classification, mineralogy and industrial potential of SiO2 minerals and rocks.- Assessment of High Purity Quartz Resources.- Quality requirements of quartz sand in the building industry.-Petrological and chemical characterisation of high-purity quartz deposits with examples from Norway.- Evaluation of the potential of the pegmatitic quartz veins of the Sierra de Comechigones (Argentina) as a source of high purity quartz by a combination of LA-ICP-MS, ICP, cathodoluminescence, gas chromatography, fluid inclusion analysis, Raman and FTIR spectroscopy.- Brazilian quartz deposits and a perspective about industrial use, gemstone and color treatment.- First-principles calculations of the E'1 center in quartz: Structural models, 29Si hyperfine parameters and association with Al impurity.- Gamma-Irradiation Dependency of EPR and TL-Spectra of Quartz.- Analysis of low element concentrations in quartz by electron microprobe.-In situ analysis of trace elements in quartz using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.- Cathodoluminescence microanalysis of the defect microstructures of bulk and nanoscale ultrapure SiO2 polymorphs for device applications.- Trace element characteristics, luminescence properties and real structure of quartz.- Mineralogy, geochemistry and cathodoluminescence of authigenic quartz from different sedimentary rocks.- CL textures and trace elements in hydrothermal quartz.- Quartz regeneration and the use of quartz as a carrier of genetic information.
