Market Developments and Industrial Innovative Applications of High Purity Quartz Refines

Starting from ancient glassworks and applications of sand and quartz samples to silica in commodities we enter into the industrial utilization of ultra-pure quartz. Raw materials for the production of high–, ultra- and hyper–qualities of quartz and their utilization by Greek companies and internationally are presented. Explained are innovative methods for removing fluid inclusions from quartz crystals and efficient separation from feldspars to derive ultrapure quartz for large scale industrial processing. Exploitable resources from quartz-mine waste were further discussed in connection to green innovation developments to production of photovoltaic panels. The products of ultra-pure quartz used in contemporary high-tech applications such as electronic industry, optical fibers, silicon cells for photovoltaic systems and cooperation of Greek and European companies for the final step of assessment and suitability testing of laboratory samples was acknowledged.