Quartz

Etymology
Quarz: from twarc:, probably from a West Slavic language (compare Czech tvrdy:, Polish twardy:, Russian твёрдый:), from  тврьдъ:, from.

Noun

 * 1)  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

Translations

 * Arabic: كوارتز
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: кварц
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: quars
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 水晶, 石英
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: क्वार्टज़
 * Hungarian:


 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 水晶, 石英
 * Korean: 석영 (石英)
 * Latvian: kvarcs
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: cuart
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: èiteag
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кварц
 * Roman: kvarc
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kwatsi
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: кварц
 * Vietnamese: thạch anh (石英)

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