Noun
- 1. quartz glass, quartz, vitreous silica, lechatelierite, crystal, natural glass
- usage: colorless glass made of almost pure silica
- 2. quartz, mineral
- usage: 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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