Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol.222, No.3, 627-629, 2001
Hydrothermal crystal growth of stishovite (SiO2)
Single crystals of stishovite have been grown from hydrothermal solution in the system SiO2-H2O under a pressure of 9-9.5CPa within a temperature range of 1170-770K. Well-faceted, transparent crystals of prismatic habit with (1 1 0) and (1 1 1) faces whose size was about 0.6 x 0.6 x 1.2 mm(3) have been obtained.