Definition of Quartz. Meaning of Quartz. Synonyms of Quartz

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Definition of Quartz

Quartz
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.

Meaning of Quartz from wikipedia

- Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide). The atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra...
- Quartz clocks and quartz watches are timepieces that use an electronic oscillator regulated by a quartz crystal to keep time. This crystal oscillator...
- The quartz crisis (Swiss) or quartz revolution (America, ****an and other countries) was the advancement in the watchmaking industry caused by the advent...
- Smoky quartz is a brownish grey, translucent variety of quartz that ranges in clarity from almost complete transparency to an almost-opaque brownish-gray...
- Look up quartz in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Quartz is a common mineral. Quartz may also refer to: Quartz, California, former settlement in Butte...
- Shocked quartz is a form of quartz that has a microscopic structure that is different from normal quartz. Under intense pressure (but limited temperature)...
- Fused quartz, fused silica or quartz gl**** is a gl**** consisting of almost pure silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) in amorphous (non-crystalline) form. This...
- open-source software portal Quartz is a job scheduling library that can be integrated into a wide variety of Java applications. Quartz is generally used for...
- Quartz is an American English language news website owned by G/O Media. Focused on international business news, it was founded in 2012 by Atlantic Media...
- Rutilated quartz is a variety of quartz which contains acicular (needle-like) inclusions of rutile. It is used for gemstones. These inclusions mostly...