Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Composed of or resembling quartz.
- noun Anhydrous silica having a fibrous structure but differing from normal quartz in having a slightly lower density and also in optical characters. See
lutecine .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A
fibrous form ofsilica similar tochalcedony
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Examples
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The vial, Mal noticed, was quartzine, thick and solid.
Bloodhype Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1973
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The vial, Mal noticed, was quartzine, thick and solid.
Bloodhype Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1973
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The vial, Mal noticed, was quartzine, thick and solid.
Bloodhype Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1973
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The vial, Mal noticed, was quartzine, thick and solid.
Bloodhype Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1973
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