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Quartz Cluster, a still.
True size17cm across6.7 in
Gems · Built from a recipe

Quartz Cluster

No. 142 of 374, smallest first
A typical one: quartz cluster, about 15 cm

PlaygroundPull back from here

Quartz is one of the most common minerals in the Earth's crust, made of silicon and oxygen.

Shelf
Gems
Kind
Built from a recipe
Sound
Yes
Hands-on
Yes
Licenses
Own work (made in the page)
Quartz Cluster at its real size

Life size. This quartz cluster is 17 cm across on your screen too, give or take a tenth on a phone. Hold a real one next to it.

How to play, in the Playground

Tap it to light the crystal points one by one. Hands-on: snap a point off, put it back.

Its controls

ControlKindRangeStart
Light the pointsTap
Light upButton
TintColor#cfd8ee

About it

Quartz is one of the most common minerals in the Earth's crust, made of silicon and oxygen. Its crystals grow as six-sided columns with pointed tips, often many together in a cluster like this one. Clear quartz is also called rock crystal.

Tap it and the ten points light up one by one, from left to right, each glowing from inside with a glint at its tip and a rising chime. A tiny sliver of quartz shakes at a very steady beat when electricity runs through it, so it keeps time in many watches and clocks. With ✋ Hands-on on, snap one of the big points off the rock, then bring it back to its place: it clicks in again.

Details

Splats
Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 60,000 at Low, and up to 810,000 at Max

Sources and credits

Made in Splashery. Its code is MIT.

Share it

This link opens it in the Playground. To put it on your own page, add the element and one script tag. Every option.

https://splashery.app/play/?toy=quartz-cluster<script type="module" src="https://splashery.app/play/src/element.js"></script> <splashery-toy toy="quartz-cluster"></splashery-toy>

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