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..its to do with placing the quartz under stress it then gives an electrical discharge.
Originally posted by Heratix
i dont know if this will help but i do know that quartz is a biproduct of granite..and with quartz you can produce piezo electric...the same thing that light`s an electric lighter..its to do with placing the quartz under stress it then gives an electrical discharge.
en.wikipedia.org...
maybe thats an avenue to research.