ҚазҰУ Хабаршысы. География сериясы. 2010, №2 (31)
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500 ppm total impurities may suffice if industrially feasible dressing techniques succeed in
lowering the impurity level to less than 50 ppm /1/.
The demand for the quartz raw material
is increasing worldwide, in particular, the demand for
high-purity quartz (HPQ; e.g. /2, 3/). The forecasts of the solid growth
of the high-purity quartz
demand in the world market is about 5–20% per annum, as a result of continued expansion in the
production of silicon oxide wafers for semi-conductor technology.
Quartz deposits, which are the raw materials for the reception of silicon, are basically
concentrated in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. All these quartz deposits, unfortunately, have not been
studied in detail for their suitability for solar energy purposes and other hi-tech industries.
Therefore, based on the quartz deposits of Marwat Alimikan, a revision of mineralogical and
geochemical studies to determine their compatibility for high-purity quartz had been carried out.
Methods and Techniques
The methods and techniques that have been applied on the quartz deposits of Marwat
Alimikan area are field work and laboratory work. The field work was
carried out to study the
relationship between the quartz deposits and their host rocks, as well as collecting representative
samples of quartz for laboratory work. The laboratory work that carried out on the quartz deposits
of Marwat Alimikan area are: 1) Thermal and petrophysical measurements (thermal stability, loss
on ignition, water absorption and mechanical resistance) and 2) Geochemical
composition by using
the XRF technique.
All the laboratory works were carried out in the labs of the Egyptian geological survey.
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