Isanti yequartz yimathiriyeli ebalulekileyo yeeminerali kwimizi-mveliso. Yinto engekho khemikhali enobungozi kwaye inoluhlu olubanzi lwezicelo, ezifana: iglasi, i-ceramics, izinto eziphikisayo, ukuthuthwa kwamanzi, ukuthutha uloliwe, ukwakhiwa, amashishini ekhemikhali kunye namanye amashishini. Ngenxa yokuba ayinabungozi, akukho ngxaki ngayo nayiphi na indlela yokuthutha. Nangona kunjalo, ukubonakala kwesanti yeglasi kuncinci kwaye kungamasuntswana angaqhelekanga. Emva kokubhaka kwiqondo lokushisa eliphezulu malunga ne-520-580, isanti yeglasi idityaniswe nomsebenzi weglasi ukwenza indawo engalinganiyo ye-dimensional emithathu, esetyenziswa kakhulu ukwenza iimveliso zeglasi. Isanti yeglasi yohlulwe yaba yisanti yeglasi enemibala kunye nesanti yeglasi ecacileyo. Ukubonakala kwesanti yeglasi ecacileyo kufana neswekile emhlophe. Isanti yeglasi ikakhulu ngenxa yokuhlobisa indawo yeglasi, njengeeglasi, iivasi, izibane zokukhanya kunye nokunye. Isanti yeglasi enemibala, ekwabizwa ngokuba yisanti yeglasi enemibala, ingasetyenziswa njengesihombiso.
