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Meanings of quartz in English
Mineral composed of silicon and oxygen atoms in a continuous framework of SiO₄ silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical formula of SiO₂.
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Usage of quartz in English
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And in a few seconds the last lumps of quartz had disappeared.
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Small white line is an intrusion of quartz in the algonkian.............................................. 208
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The while slab with the golden quartz under the microscope seemed empty.
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On the top of the hill we found large pebbles of quartz.
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The plain to the south is covered with quartz and sandstone pebbles.
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The pick breaks into the hitherto undisturbed quartz ledges of Mariposa gold.
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Fragments of quartz may be stained by being steeped in green-colored tinctures.
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They've been prospecting over in the White River and report rich quartz.
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The Eskimos employ for this purpose pieces of quartz and iron pyrites.
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Gold is not found alone but contained in quartz rock or sand.
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There are gold quartz mines of fabulous richness on the Lagunitas grant.
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He picked up a few pieces of quartz from the canvas sheet.
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The quartz mines thus give employment to a great number of people.
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Many of the quartz blocks in the towering light crevices had fallen.
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The rocks of Ceylon are primitive, consisting of granite, gneiss and quartz.
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The city dissolved in a shower of ancient glass and splintered quartz.
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Translations for quartz
Portuguese
Quartz through the time
Quartz across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common