meaning of quartz
1. 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.
2. 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
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