quartz

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Etymology

German Quarz, from Middle High German twarc, probably from a West Slavic language (compare Czech tvrdý (“hard”), Polish twardy (“hard”), Russian твёрдый (“hard”)), from Old Church Slavonic тврьдъ (“firm”), from Proto-Slavic *tvьrdъ.

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Noun

quartz (countable and uncountable; plural quartzes)

1. (mineralogy) 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.

Derived terms

Colorado topaz drusy quartz fused quartz rose quartz quartz clock quartz crystal quartz glass quartz heater quartz-iodine lamp

quartz lamp quartz halogen lamp quartz watch quartziferous quartzing quartzite quartzose smoky quartz

See also

Related terms

amethyst aventurine buhrstone cairngorm chalcedony chrysoprase citrine coesite

flint greisen phenacite prase rock crystal rubasse stishovite topaz

Translations

mineral

Arabic: كوارتز (ar) (kwaartz) m. Armenian: կվարց (hy) (kvarc’) Belarusian: кварц (be) (kvarc) m. Bulgarian: кварц (bg) (kvarc) m. Catalan: quars m. Chinese: Mandarin: 水晶 (zh) (shuǐjīng) (gem), 石英 (zh) (shíyīng) (mineral) Czech: křemen (cs) m. Dutch: kwarts (nl) n. Esperanto: kvarco (eo) Estonian: kvarts (et) Finnish: kvartsi (fi), ukonkivi (fi) French: quartz (fr) m., cristal de roche (fr) m. German: Quarz (de) m. Greek: χαλαζίας (el) m. Hindi: क्वार्टज़ (hi) (kvārṭz) Hungarian: kvarc (hu) Icelandic: kvars (is) m.

Italian: quarzo (it) m. Japanese: 水晶 (ja) (すいしょう, suishō) (gem), 石英 (ja) (せきえい, sekiei) (mineral) Korean: 석영 (ko) (seok-yeong) (石英 (ko)) Latvian: kvarcs m. Polish: kwarc (pl) m. Romanian: cuart n. Russian: кварц (ru) (kvarc) m. Scottish Gaelic: èiteag (gd) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кварц (sh) m. Roman: kvarc (sh) m. Spanish: cuarzo (es) m. Swahili: kwatsi (sw) Swedish: kvarts (sv) c. Turkish: kuvars (tr) Ukrainian: кварц (uk) (kvarc) m. Vietnamese: thạch anh (vi) (石英 (vi))

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Noun

quartz m. inv.

1. quartz

Synonyms

• cristal de roche