why does quartz-stones glow when pressed together?

Subject: why does quartz-stones glow when pressed together?

Date: Sun Apr 8 07:10:06 2001
Posted by westy
Grade level: grad (science) School: No school entered.
City: Jelling State/Province: No state entered. Country: Denmark
Area of science: Physics
ID: 986728206.Ph

Message:


If you press stones containing quartz together- and move them - they glove.You 
can also hit a quartz with another quartz - does it have something to do with 
the piezoelectric effect?
I have tried different stones i.e. flint, granit, quartzit ect.

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