What is the meaning of quartz?

noun

  • Colorless glass made of almost pure silica.
  • 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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