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Mineral made of silicon and oxygen
prismatic quartz Sceptered quartz Sceptered quartz (as aggregates: "Elestial quartz") Bipyramidal quartz Tessin or tapered quartz Twinned quartz (known as
Quartz
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up quartz in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Quartz is a common mineral. Quartz may also refer to: Quartz, California, former settlement in Butte
Quartz_(disambiguation)
Clock type
Quartz clocks and quartz watches are timepieces that use an electronic oscillator regulated by a quartz crystal to keep time. The crystal oscillator,
Quartz_clock
1970s–80s watchmaking industry upheaval
The quartz crisis (Switzerland) or quartz revolution (United States, Japan, and other countries) was the upheaval in the watchmaking industry caused by
Quartz_crisis
Mineral, quartz variety
Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz. Ancient Greeks wore amethyst and carved drinking vessels from it in the belief that it would prevent intoxication
Amethyst
Pink variety of quartz
Rose quartz is a pink, translucent variety of quartz with a massive habit. Its color is due to microscopic inclusions of a fibrous silicate mineral related
Rose_quartz
Type of sedimentary rock
comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar because they are the most resistant minerals to the weathering
Sandstone
Type of igneous rock
Quartz monzonite is an intrusive, felsic, igneous rock that has an approximately equal proportion of orthoclase and plagioclase feldspars. It is typically
Quartz_monzonite
American business news organization
Quartz is an American English language news website owned by Redbrick, a Canadian software firm. Focused on international business news, it was founded
Quartz_(publication)
Personal timepiece
watches. In the 1960s the electronic quartz watch was invented, powered by a battery and keeping time with a vibrating quartz crystal. By the 1980s it had taken
Watch
Transparent, yellow variety of quartz
Citrine is a transparent, yellow variety of quartz. Its name is derived from the Latin word citrus (citron tree), by way of the French citrin or citron
Citrine
Glass consisting of pure silica
Fused quartz, fused silica or quartz glass is a glass consisting of almost pure silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) in amorphous (non-crystalline) form. This
Fused_quartz
Graphics rendering system used in macOS
"Quartz" prefix include these: Quartz Extreme QuartzGL (originally Quartz 2D Extreme) QuartzCore Quartz Display Services Quartz Event Services Quartz 2D
Quartz_(graphics_layer)
Oxide of silicon
silicon with the chemical formula SiO2, and is commonly found in nature as quartz. In many parts of the world, silica is the major constituent of sand. Silica
Silicon_dioxide
South Korean rock group
Rolling Quartz (Korean: 롤링쿼츠) is a South Korean rock band that debuted in December 2020 under Rolling Star Entertainment. Rolling Quartz formed as a five
Rolling_Quartz
Electronic oscillator circuit
element. The oscillator frequency is often used to keep track of time, as in quartz wristwatches, to provide a stable clock signal for digital integrated circuits
Crystal_oscillator
Brown to black variety of quartz
Smoky quartz is a brown to black, translucent variety of quartz. It ranges in clarity from almost complete transparency to almost-opaque black crystals
Smoky_quartz
1990 nonfiction book by Mike Davis
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles is a 1990 book by American author Mike Davis proposing a theory that contemporary Los Angeles has
City_of_Quartz
Type of igneous rock
a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, mica and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high
Granite
Window rendering system used in macOS
Quartz Compositor is the display server and the compositing window manager in macOS. It is responsible for presenting and maintaining rasterized, rendered
Quartz_Compositor
Form of the mineral quartz, found in nuclear test sites and meteor impact zones
Shocked quartz is a form of quartz that has a microscopic structure that is different from normal quartz. Under intense pressure (but limited temperature)
Shocked_quartz
Quartz variety
Rutilated quartz (also known as Venus' Hair Stone) is a variety of quartz which contains acicular (needle-like) inclusions of rutile. It is used for gemstones
Rutilated_quartz
Node-based visual programming language
Quartz Composer is a node graph system provided as part of the Xcode development environment in macOS for processing and rendering graphical data. It is
Quartz_Composer
Type of watch movement
Seiko SKA531P1 Kinetic, using a 5M62 caliber Kinetic movement Automatic quartz is a collective term describing watch movements that combine a self-winding
Automatic_quartz
Variety of quartz
Phantom quartz is a variety of quartz consisting of visible layers of overlapping crystal growths. The outlines of the inner crystals can be seen due
Phantom_quartz
Instrument for measuring, keeping or indicating time
frequency. This object can be a pendulum, a balance wheel, a tuning fork, a quartz crystal, or the vibration of electrons in atoms as they emit microwaves
Clock
Place in California, United States
Lancaster. Quartz Hill was once home to the Quartz Hill Airport. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Quartz Hill as a
Quartz_Hill,_California
2D graphics rendering API
Quartz 2D is the native two-dimensional graphics rendering API for macOS and iOS platforms, part of the Core Graphics framework. Quartz 2D is available
Quartz_2D
Mountain in Nevada, United States
Quartz Peak is a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada. The elevation is 6,247 feet (1,904 m). Quartz Peak was named for deposits of quartz. U.S. Geological
Quartz_Peak
Microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline form of silica
quartz, with minor amounts of intergrown moganite. These are both silica minerals with a chemical composition of SiO2, but they differ in that quartz
Chalcedony
High accuracy thermometer
The quartz thermometer is a high-precision, high accuracy temperature sensor. It measures temperature by measuring the frequency of a quartz crystal oscillator
Quartz_thermometer
The room-temperature form of quartz, α-quartz, undergoes a reversible change in crystal structure at 573 °C to form β-quartz. This phenomenon is called
Quartz_inversion
Japanese manufacturing company
Kintarō Hattori in Tokyo, Seiko introduced the world's first commercial quartz wristwatch in 1969. Seiko is widely known for its wristwatches. Seiko and
Seiko
Woodstock Quartz Monzonite is a Silurian or Ordovician quartz monzonite pluton in Baltimore County, Maryland. It is described as a massive biotite-quartz monzonite
Woodstock_Quartz_Monzonite
Sentence that uses every letter of a language's alphabet
7 28 A, I Glib jocks quiz nymph to vex dwarf. 7 28 I, O Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow! 7 29 A, O, U How quickly daft jumping zebras vex! 6 30 A
Pangram
Crystalline chemical element or compound formed by geologic processes
structure is considered a different mineral species. Thus, for example, quartz and stishovite are two different minerals consisting of the same compound
Mineral
Fiber created from high purity quartz crystals
Quartz fiber is a fiber created from high-purity quartz crystals. It is made by first softening quartz rods (in an oxyhydrogen flame) and then creating
Quartz_fiber
open-source software portal Quartz is a job scheduling library that can be integrated into a wide variety of Java applications. Quartz is generally used for
Quartz_(scheduler)
Mountains in Antarctica
The Quartz Hills (85°56′S 132°50′W / 85.933°S 132.833°W / -85.933; -132.833) is an arcuate cluster of largely ice-free hills and peaks found immediately
Quartz_Hills
French singer (born 1955)
Jakie Quartz (born Jacqueline Cuchet, 31 July 1955) is a French singer. Her biggest hit singles in France were "Mise au point" (1983, covered by Leslie
Jakie_Quartz
Igneous, plutonic rock
Quartz diorite is an igneous, plutonic (intrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with phaneritic texture. Feldspar is present as plagioclase (typically
Quartz_diorite
Three-dimensional quartz phenolic (3DQP) is a phenolic-based material composed of a quartz cloth material impregnated with a phenolic resin and hot-pressed
Three-dimensional quartz phenolic
Three-dimensional_quartz_phenolic
Public high school in Quartz Hill, California
Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Quartz Hill, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive
Quartz_Hill_High_School
Amazonite (variety of microcline) Amethyst (purple variety of quartz) Ametrine (variety of quartz) Ammolite (organic; also a gemstone) Amosite (asbestiform
List_of_minerals
Composite material
needed] The quartz version (which end consumers are much more likely to directly deal with) is commonly known as 'quartz surface' or just 'quartz'. Breton
Engineered_stone
Type of volcanic rock containing large porphyritic crystals of quartz
Quartz-porphyry, in layman's terms, is a type of volcanic (igneous) rock containing large porphyritic crystals of quartz. These rocks are classified as
Quartz-porphyry
Topics referred to by the same term
Quartz Creek might refer to: Quartz Creek (British Columbia), a stream in British Columbia, Canada Quartz Creek (California) Quartz Creek (Gunnison County
Quartz_Creek
British heavy metal band
Quartz are an English heavy metal band active during the new wave of British heavy metal. Their origins can be traced back to the mid-1970s. Quartz dates
Quartz_(British_band)
Sandstone with quartz
A quartz arenite or quartzarenite is a sandstone composed of greater than 90% detrital quartz. Quartz arenites are the most mature sedimentary rocks possible
Quartz_arenite
Dance music production duo
Quartz were a British dance production duo, consisting of Ronnie Herel and Dave Rawlings, known for their collaboration with Clubland on "Let's Get Busy"
Quartz_(duo)
Geographical feature in Selangor Malaysia
The Klang Gates Quartz Ridge (Malay: Permatang Kuartza Genting Klang) is a quartz dyke that runs through northeast of Kuala Lumpur and the state of Selangor
Gombak_Selangor_Quartz_Ridge
Ultra-pure form of quartz used in semiconductor and photovoltaic manufacturing
High-purity quartz is quartz that has extremely high silicon dioxide (SiO2) purity levels. It is used in the manufacture of fused-quartz crucibles which
High-purity_quartz
Green gemstone, a beryl variety
cyclosilicate. It occurs mainly in association with quartz, muscovite, albite, schorl, microcline, fluorite, smoky quartz and elbaite. The word "emerald" is derived
Emerald
Quartz Mountain (also called Baldy Point) is located in Greer County in southwest Oklahoma. It is the namesake of Quartz Mountain Nature Park and the park
Quartz_Mountain
First quartz wristwatch in the world; made by Seiko in 1969
The Astron wristwatch, formally known as the Seiko Quartz-Astron 35SQ, was the world's first "quartz clock" wristwatch. It is now registered on the List
Astron_(wristwatch)
Measurement of the change in frequency of a quartz crystal resonator
A quartz crystal microbalance (QCM), also known as quartz microbalance (QMB) and sometimes also as quartz crystal nanobalance (QCN), measures a mass variation
Quartz_crystal_microbalance
Swiss watchmaker
the merger of ASUAG and SSIH, moving to manufacturing quartz-crystal watches to resolve the quartz crisis threatening the traditional Swiss watchmaking
The_Swatch_Group
Topics referred to by the same term
Rose quartz is a type of quartz which exhibits a pale pink to rose red hue. Rose Quartz may also refer to: Rose quartz (color), a gray shade of magenta
Rose_Quartz_(disambiguation)
American cartoon characters
the show, Steven is the son of Greg Universe, a human musician, and Rose Quartz, the former leader of the Crystal Gems. Rose is described as having "given
List of Steven Universe characters
List_of_Steven_Universe_characters
Japanese manga series
A Kingdom of Quartz (Japanese: クオーツの王国, Hepburn: Kuōtsu no Ōkoku) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Bomhat. It was serialized in Kodansha's
A_Kingdom_of_Quartz
1899 Fabergé egg
The Rose Quartz egg or Pink Quartz egg is a Fabergé egg made by Michael Perkhin under the supervision of Carl Fabergé. It was ordered by an unknown private
Rose_Quartz_(Fabergé_egg)
Ghost town in Nevada, United States
Quartz Mountain is an abandoned post office, ghost town, and mine, located in Nye County, Nevada, United States. Quartz Mountain was a huge interest to
Quartz_Mountain,_Nevada
Hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock
Quartzite is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock that was originally pure quartz sandstone. Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure
Quartzite
Swiss watch manufacturer
Favre-Leuba in 1815, but the company's name was sold in 1985 due to the ongoing quartz crisis, which made manufacturing watches more difficult. The company has
Favre-Leuba
Type of gold mining in veins of quartz
Quartz reef mining is a type of gold mining in "reefs" (veins) of quartz. Quartz is one of the most common minerals in the Earth's crust, and most quartz
Quartz_reef_mining
Metal-coated crystals are artificial products made by coating crystals, such as quartz, with metal to give them an iridescent metallic sheen. Crystals treated
Metal-coated_crystal
Cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz
flintstone (SiO2 ), is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone
Flint
1940s United States Navy barge
USS Quartz (IX-150), a Trefoil-class concrete barge designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be
USS_Quartz
Quartz monzogabbro is an intrusive rock intermediate between quartz gabbro and quartz monzonite. Under the QAPF classification, it is an intrusive rock
Quartz_monzogabbro
Chemical element with atomic number 9 (F)
beryllium difluoride, which also exhibits some covalent character and has a quartz-like structure. Rare earth elements and many other metals form mostly ionic
Fluorine
Igneous rock
for quartz diorite. However the current IUGS classification defines tonalite as having greater than 20% quartz, while quartz diorite varies its quartz content
Tonalite
Ethnic group
The Quartz Valley Indian Community of the Quartz Valley Reservation of California is a federally recognized tribe of Klamath, Karuk, and Shasta Indians
Quartz Valley Indian Community
Quartz_Valley_Indian_Community
Mountains in the US state Oklahoma
The Quartz Mountains are an extension of the Wichita Mountains in the far southwestern part of the state of Oklahoma. According to the Encyclopedia of
Quartz_Mountains
World's first digital/analogue chronograph
The Omega Chrono-Quartz was the world's first digital/analogue chronograph. It was invented by Omega SA. The watch launched at the 1976 Montreal Olympic
Omega_Chrono-Quartz
Fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock
and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite. Shale is characterized by its tendency to split into thin layers
Shale
Lake in Glacier National Park in Montana
Quartz Lake is located in Glacier National Park, in the U. S. state of Montana. Quartz Lake is only 150 yards (140 m) east of Middle Quartz Lake. Quartz
Quartz_Lake
Granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles
coastal settings is silica (silicon dioxide, or SiO2), usually in the form of quartz. Calcium carbonate is the second most common type of sand. One such example
Sand
Planned coup d'état in Zimbabwe
Operation Quartz was a planned military operation to be conducted by the Rhodesian Security Forces against Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF in the event that
Operation_Quartz
Sentence containing all letters of the English alphabet
repeated) "Waltz, bad nymph, for quick jigs vex." (28 letters) "Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow." (29 letters) "How vexingly quick daft zebras jump!" (30
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The_quick_brown_fox_jumps_over_the_lazy_dog
wheel. In the 1960s the invention of the quartz watch which ran on electricity and kept time with a vibrating quartz crystal, proved a radical departure for
History_of_watches
Banded variety of chalcedony
alternating bands of different colored chalcedony and often contain some visible quartz crystals. They are common in nature and can be found globally in a large
Agate
Quartz dolerite or quartz diabase is an intrusive rock similar to dolerite (also called diabase), but with an excess of quartz. Dolerite is similar in
Quartz-dolerite
Device designed to create radiative heat
needed] Industrial infrared heaters sometimes use a gold coating on the quartz tube that reflects the infrared radiation and directs it towards the product
Infrared_heater
Rock-forming minerals with predominantly silicate anions
them as oxide minerals (4.DA). Silica is found in nature as the mineral quartz and its polymorphs. On Earth, a wide variety of silicate minerals occur
Silicate_mineral
State park in Oklahoma, United States
Quartz Mountain State Park is located in southwest Oklahoma at the western end of the Wichita Mountains, 13 miles (21 km) east of Mangum, Oklahoma and
Quartz_Mountain_Nature_Park
Chatoyant gemstone from the quartz family
with a golden to red-brown colour and a silky lustre. As members of the quartz group, tiger's eye and the related blue-coloured mineral hawk's eye gain
Tiger's_eye
Japanese visual kei rock band
Dué le quartz (デュールクォーツ, Dyūru Kuōtsu) was a Japanese visual kei rock band that formed in December 1998 and signed to PS Company, a sub-division of Free-Will
Dué_le_Quartz
Incandescent lamp variety
A halogen lamp (also called tungsten halogen, quartz-halogen, and quartz iodine lamp) is an incandescent lamp consisting of a tungsten filament sealed
Halogen_lamp
Type of radiation dosimeter
A quartz fiber dosimeter, sometimes called a self indicating pocket dosimeter (SIPD) or self reading pocket dosimeter (SRPD) or quartz fibre electrometer
Quartz_fiber_dosimeter
Lake in the state of Alaska, United States
Quartz Lake is a mid-sized lake about 10 mi (16 km) north of Delta Junction, Alaska. It was named Quartz Lake by early mineral prospectors in the area
Quartz_Lake_(Alaska)
Sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock
hand-mining of gold ores permitted the miners to pick out the lode quartz or reef quartz, allowing the highest-grade portions of the lodes to be worked,
Vein_(geology)
Airport in Quartz Hill, California
Quartz Hill Airport was an airport in Quartz Hill, California. It was closed in 1986 because of housing developments. This general aviation airport opened
Quartz_Hill_Airport
American inventor (1888–1971)
Royal Raymond Rife (May 16, 1888 – August 5, 1971) was an American inventor and early exponent of high-magnification time-lapse cine-micrography. Rife
Royal_Rife
The HTC MAX 4G was the world's first commercial WiMAX phone announced on the HTC website in a November 12, 2008 press release. It is based on Windows Mobile
HTC_Max_4G
Classification of soil or sediment
of a size between sand and clay and composed mostly of broken grains of quartz. Silt may occur as a soil (often mixed with sand or clay) or as sediment
Silt
Scientific technique
Within surface science, a quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) is a type of quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) based on the
Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring
Quartz_crystal_microbalance_with_dissipation_monitoring
Tiny intergrowths of quartz and feldspar in rocks
Myrmekite is a vermicular, or wormy, intergrowth of quartz in plagioclase. The intergrowths are microscopic in scale, typically with maximum dimensions
Myrmekite
Quartz carvings in the shape of a human skull
human skull hardstone carvings made of clear, milky white or other types of quartz (also called "rock crystal"), claimed to be pre-Columbian Mesoamerican artifacts
Crystal_skull
Quartz variety
of quartz that derives its color from the presence of Fe2+ ions within the crystal structure. Prasiolite is not the only green variety of quartz, and
Prasiolite
Hollow formation inside a rock
present at the surface if they are composed of resistant material such as quartz. Geodes and geode slices are sometimes dyed with artificial colors. The
Geode
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English
 English form of Spanish Gaspar, JASPER means "treasure bearer." Early Christians assigned names to the three Magi ("wise men from the east") who visited the baby Jesus. They are mentioned but not named in the bible; Jasper is one of them, the other two are Balthasar and Melchior. Jasper is also the name of an opaque cryptocrystalline variety of quartz that may be red, yellow or brown in color. Also spelled Casper and Kasper.
Female
English
English name derived from Latin candida, CANDIDA means "clear and white,"Â like pure quartz rather than the whiteness of milk. George Bernard Shaw used this name for his 1895 play of the same name.
Female
Chinese
blue glitter, or blue quartz.
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Latin
From a salty place.
Girl/Female
African, Danish, Finnish, German, Swahili
A Leaf; God is Gracious
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Third
Boy/Male
Hindu
Power and well being in the future, Cool
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Victory of Warmth
Male
Welsh
Middle Welsh form of Old Welsh Urbgen, URIEN means "privileged birth." Urien was an actual historical king of Rheged who came to be incorporated into Arthurian legend as a Knight of the Round Table who initially opposed Arthur, but later became an ally. He was the husband of Morgan le Fay, father of Morvydd, Ywain/Owain, and Ywain the Bastard. Some authors make him a brother to King Lot and King Auguselus.Â
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English, German, Hebrew, Irish
Bitter; From the Gaelic Maili which is a Pet Form of Mary Bitter
Girl/Female
Greek American Hungarian
Poor, poor, or chaste. St. Agnes was a 3rd century Christian martyr whose January 21st feast day...
Boy/Male
Tamil
Gold, Golden gen
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
She was a Literary Woman and a Poetess in Qastaniniyah
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n.
The nonmetalliferous mineral or rock material which accompanies the ores in a vein, as quartz, calcite, barite, fluor spar, etc.; -- called also veinstuff.
a.
Quartzose.
n.
Pure silica, like quartz, but crystallizing in hexagonal tables. It is found in trachyte and similar rocks.
a.
Containing, or resembling, quartz; partaking of the nature or qualities of quartz.
n.
Acicular rutile occurring in reticulated forms imbedded in quartz.
n.
A tetartohedral solid of the hexagonal system, bounded by six trapezoidal planes. The faces of this form are common on quartz crystals.
n.
A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystalline substance with a meetallic luster. Its oxide is silica, or common quartz, and in this form, or as silicates, it is, next to oxygen, the most abundant element of the earth's crust. Silicon is characteristically the element of the mineral kingdom, as carbon is of the organic world. Symbol Si. Atomic weight 28. Called also silicium.
n.
A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand.
n.
A form of crystal common with quartz, consisting of two six-sided pyramids, base to base.
n.
Ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow.
n.
An indigo-blue variety of quartz.
a.
Resembling sagenite; -- applied to quartz when containing acicular crystals of other minerals, most commonly rutile, also tourmaline, actinolite, and the like.
n.
Silicon dioxide, SiO/. It constitutes ordinary quartz (also opal and tridymite), and is artifically prepared as a very fine, white, tasteless, inodorous powder.
v. t.
A deep blue pigment or coloring material used in various arts. It is a vitreous substance made of cobalt, potash, and calcined quartz fused, and reduced to a powder.
a.
Consisting chiefly of quartz; containing quartz.
n.
Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called granite.
n.
Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.
n.
Massive quartz occurring as a rock; a metamorphosed sandstone; -- called also quartz rock.
n.
The pulverized matter from a quartz mill, or the lighter soil of hydraulic mines.
n.
A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc.