If you end up working for the state government, salaries can range anywhere from $40,695 to $56,993 a year. In the federal government, youâre looking at a salary of around $35,000 to $84,000. What you end up making will depend on a number of factors, including education, experience and choice of employer.s of 2011, the average salary of a sociologist was just over $79,000 a year, reports the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But high salaries can skew the average, and median wage is often a better indication of a sociologistâs earnings. Half of all people in this occupation earned less than $73,670 a year.
As a mineral name, quartz refers to a specific chemical compound (silicon dioxide, or silica, SiO2), having a specific crystalline form (hexagonal). There are other forms of silica which are either non-crystalline, or of a different crystalline form than quartz.uartz is a very common mineral in the Earthâs crust. Chemically, quartz is silica, or silicon dioxide, SiO2. It is found in most types of rocks: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. Quartz is rather hard, 7 on the Mohâs hardness scale, and has a glassy (vitreous) luster.
Quartz: Quartz is a common mineral in many metamorphic and felsic igneous rocks that, like the potassium feldspars, also has a non-metallic luster and hardness greater than glass. Unlike the potassium feldspars, however, quartz does not exhibit cleavage, which easily distinguishes it from feldspar minerals.he potassium feldspar group is composed of three mineral polymorphs, each having the same chemical composition, but slightly different crystal structures. Technically these are distinct minerals, but their physical properties are so similar that they are usually only identified as âpotassium feldsparâ in the field.