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Meanings of mountain crystal in English

Russian
горный хрусталь
Portuguese
cristal de rocha
Catalan
cristall de roca
Spanish
cristal de roca
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Colourless and transparent form of quartz.

        Related terms
        горный хрусталь
        Usage of mountain crystal in English
        1
        The great candelabra of bronze and mountain crystal were lighted by wax candles.
        Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
        2
        Once the Baroness showed him an antique of glass work made of mountain crystal and beautifully painted.
        The Goose Man
        3
        I rejoice that she is as she is, like clear mountain crystal-transparentand so brightly pure, that one could mirror himself therein.
        Old Fritz and the New Era
        4
        The walls were covered with tufa and stalagmites, shells, mountain crystals, and corals, and from the lofty ceiling hung large stalactites.
        Barbara Blomberg — Volume 07
        5
        "Among the pebbles which it washes up, cornelians, agates, and mountain crystals, are sometimes found," said another.
        Grace Darling, Heroine of the Farne Islands
        Translations for mountain crystal