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quartz::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crystal, lechatelierite, quartz glass, vitreous silica |
| Type of | natural glass |
quartz::noun | Spocien Dictionary
a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | mineral |
| Has types | aventurine, cairngorm, calcedony, chalcedony, citrine, common topaz, false topaz, transparent quartz, quartz crystal, rock crystal, rose quartz, smoky quartz, sunstone, topaz, amethyst |
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These mineral aerosols may consist of iron oxides, carbonates, quartz and clays.
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Over eons, the silica replaced the cells of the wood, crystallizing into quartz.
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A number of quartz veins and quartz sericite altered intervals were encountered.
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It turns out that quartz dust is the major culprit in wearing away tooth enamel.
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Minerals associated with graphite include quartz, calcite, micas and tourmaline.
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Quartz refers to a family of crystalline gemstones of various colours and sizes.
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They are made from high-purity quartz glass or from single-crystalline sapphire.
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In his X-Men uniform he uses a ruby quartz battle visor in place of the glasses.
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These act as a flux and cause the quartz to vitrify at a manageable temperature.
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- Quartz glass: colorless glass made of almost pure silica
- A hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities
- Quartz is the second-most-abundant mineral in Earth's continental crust, after feldspar. Its crystal structure is a continuous framework of SiO4 siliconu2013oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical formula of SiO2.
- Quartz are a Swedish dance production duo of Dave Rawlings and Ronnie Herel. They are well known for their collaboration with Clubland on "Let's Get Busy", which went to number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1990.
- Quartz specifically refers to a pair of Mac OS X technologies, each part of the Core Graphics framework: Quartz 2D and Quartz Compositor. It includes both a 2D renderer in Core Graphics and the composition engine that sends instructions to the graphics card. ...
- Quartz are a British heavy metal band.
- In the fictional universe of Stargate, a number of technologically advanced races and societies have produced a variety of highly advanced weapons, tools, and spacecraft. By liaising with these races and learning from them, Earth too has begun to create its own futuristic technology. ...
- Quartzy is an online laboratory management system created by biomedical scientists and designed to meet the day-to-day needs of academic scientists conducting research. ...
- The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO2. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment
