Silica ájá, nke a makwaara dị ka silica ma ọ bụ quartz ájá.Ọ bụ a refractory urughuru na quartz dị ka isi ịnweta akụrụngwa na urughuru size nke 0.020mm-3.350mm, nke na-ekewa n'ime wuru silica ájá na eke silica ájá dị ka aja na-asachapụ, scrubbing ájá, na họrọ (flotation) ájá dị ka. dị iche iche Ngwuputa na nhazi usoro.ájá silica bụ ihe siri ike, nke na-eguzogide ọgwụ, mineral silicate kwụsiri ike, ihe mejupụtara ya bụ isi bụ SiO2, agba nke silica ájá bụ mmiri ara ehi na-acha ọcha ma ọ bụ translucent na-enweghị agba, isi ike 7, mgbaji na-enweghị mgbawa, mgbaji dị ka shei, griiz luster, ikwu. njupụta nke 2.65, kemịkalụ ya, thermal na akụrụngwa nwere anisotropy doro anya, enweghị ike ịsọpụrụ na acid, obere soluble na ngwọta KOH, ebe mgbaze 1750 Celsius.Agba bụ milky ọcha, ìhè odo, aja aja na isi awọ, silica ájá nwere nnukwu ọkụ na-eguzogide.