Word Meaning

quartz definition and meaning

n. 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.

Crossword clues for quartz

- Common rock crystal
- Commonest rock forming mineral
- Hard glossy mineral
- rock forming mineral
- Silica-based mineral
- Silicate mineral
- Silicon dioxide