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quartz
[kwawrts] 
–noun
| one of the commonest minerals, silicon dioxide, SiO2, having many varieties that differ in color, luster, etc., and occurring either in masses (as agate, bloodstone, chalcedony, jasper, etc.) or in crystals (as rock crystal, amethyst, citrine, etc.): the chief constituent of sand and sandstone, and an important constituent of many other rocks. It is piezoelectric and used to control the frequencies of radio transmitters. |
Origin:
1750–60; < G Quarz
1750–60; < G Quarz
Related forms:
quartz⋅ose [kwawrt-sohs] , quartz⋅ous [kwawrt-suhs] , adjective
[kwawrt-sohs] , quartz⋅ous [kwawrt-suhs] , adjective
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| quartz (kwôrts) n. A very hard mineral composed of silica, SiO2, found worldwide in many different types of rocks, including sandstone and granite. Varieties of quartz include agate, chalcedony, chert, flint, opal, and rock crystal. [German Quarz, from Middle High German quarc, of Slavic origin.] quartz'ose' (kwôrt'sōs') adj. |
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Quartz
Quartz\, n. [G. quarz.] (Min.) A form of silica, or silicon dioxide (SiO2), occurring in hexagonal crystals, which are commonly colorless and transparent, but sometimes also yellow, brown, purple, green, and of other colors; also in cryptocrystalline massive forms varying in color and degree of transparency, being sometimes opaque. Note: The crystalline varieties include: amethyst, violet; citrine and false topaz, pale yellow; rock crystal, transparent and colorless or nearly so; rose quartz, rosecolored; smoky quartz, smoky brown. The chief crypto-crystalline varieties are: agate, a chalcedony in layers or clouded with different colors, including the onyx and sardonyx; carnelian and sard, red or flesh-colored chalcedony; chalcedony, nearly white, and waxy in luster; chrysoprase, an apple-green chalcedony; flint, hornstone, basanite, or touchstone, brown to black in color and compact in texture; heliotrope, green dotted with red; jasper, opaque, red yellow, or brown, colored by iron or ferruginous clay; prase, translucent and dull leek-green. Quartz is an essential constituent of granite, and abounds in rocks of all ages. It forms the rocks quartzite (quartz rock) and sandstone, and makes most of the sand of the seashore.
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Language Translation for : quartz
Spanish:
cuarzo,
German:
Quarz; Quarz-…,
Japanese:
石英(の)
quartz
1756, from Ger. Quarz "rock crystal," from M.H.G. twarc, probably from a W.Slavic source (cf. Czech tvrdy, Polish twardy "quartz"), from O.C.S. tvrudu "hard."
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Main Entry: quartz
Pronunciation: 'kwo(&)rts
Function: noun
: a mineral SiO2 consisting of a silica that occurs in colorless and transparentor colored hexagonal crystals and also in crystalline masses
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quartz (kwôrts)
n.
A very hard crystalline form of silicon dioxide used in chemical apparatus and in optical and electric instruments.
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| quartz (kwôrts) Pronunciation Key
A hard, transparent trigonal mineral that, after feldspar, is the most common mineral on the surface of the Earth. It occurs as a component of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks as well as in a variety of other forms such as rock crystal, flint, and agate. Some crystalline forms, such as amethyst, are considered gemstones. Chemical formula: SiO2. |
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