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From analysis of the elastic neutron scattering data of Dolino et al. [J. Phys. (Paris) (1984), 45, 361-371], it is shown that, besides the well identified components and of the acoustic displacements in the incommensurate (IC) phase of quartz, there also exists a strong component of the vector of the modulation. The existence of the large is not consistent with the currently accepted model for the IC transition in quartz, since the long-period IC modulation observed in quartz cannot induce any noticeable acoustic component . The need for a new model is keenly felt in order to understand the origin of the IC modulation in quartz.