Definitions for quartz

Overview of noun quartz

The noun quartz has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) quartz glass, quartz, vitreous silica, lechatelierite, crystal

(colorless glass made of almost pure silica)

2. quartz

(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)