"Quartziferous" is a word in ENGLISH
Consisting chiefly of quartz; containing quartz.
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Consisting of two pyramids placed base to base; having a pyramid at each of the extremities of a prism, as …
Read the complete definitionA finegrained rock, flintlike in fracture, consisting essentially of orthoclase feldspar with occasional grains of quartz.
Read the complete definitionA crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in …
Read the complete definitionA crystalline, granular rock, consisting of quartz, feldspar, and mica, and usually of a whitish, grayish, or flesh-red color. It …
Read the complete definitionA whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartz intimately mixed; -- sometimes called whitestone, and leptynite.
Read the complete definitionA mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity.
Read the complete definitionA term used somewhat loosely to designate a rock consisting of a fine-grained base (usually feldspathic) through which crystals, as …
Read the complete definitionA pseudomorphous crystal, as a crystal consisting of quartz, but having the cubic form of fluor spar, the fluor crystal …
Read the complete definitionA form of crystal common with quartz, consisting of two six-sided pyramids, base to base.
Read the complete definitionA rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand.
Read the complete definitionAny crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The …
Read the complete definitionA pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of …
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