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quartz
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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quartz / kwôrts/ • n. a hard white or colorless mineral consisting of silicon dioxide, found widely in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. It is often colored by impurities (as in amethyst, citrine, and cairngorm).
ORIGIN: mid 18th cent.: from German Quarz, from Polish dialect kwardy, corresponding to standard Polish twardy ‘hard.’
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Quartz technology for time-keeping
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 8/4/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Azlee New Straits Times 08-04-2003 Quartz technology for time-keeping Byline...invented the modern wristwatch or digital quartz technology. Though this is partly true...Switzerland, Japan and the United States. Quartz is a piezoelectric material. In simpler...
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Quartz: Trends and Prospects in International Trade Report Provides World Market Development Forecasts for Years 2006-2011.
M2 Presswire; 12/16/2008; 700+ words
; ...December 2008-Research and Markets: Quartz: Trends and Prospects in International...researchandmarkets.com/research/626392/quartz_trends_and) has announced the addition of the "Quartz: Trends and Prospects in International...
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QUARTZ HILL WILL SEE HOW TOUGH IT IS.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 1/12/1999; 700+ words
; ...Gerry Gittelson Daily News Staff Writer Quartz Hill High coach Maury Cauchon soon figures...Valley last week. Now is the time for Quartz Hill to let the rest of the league know...Gold each scored twice. The twosome lead Quartz Hill with seven goals apiece. Palmdale...
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The Colorado Quartz gold mine: Mariposa County, California.(Cover story)
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals; 9/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Diltz, Mockingbird, Artru, and Colorado Quartz mines, the latter three being contiguous...attractive arrangements, often on white quartz matrix. Although the Mockingbird mine...Bristlecone" specimens at the nearby Colorado Quartz mine (Moore 2009) have prompted the...
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Staron[R] Quartz by Samsung: where nature meets technology.(CORPORATE NOTES)
Magazine article from: Qualified Remodeler; 3/1/2006; 700+ words
; Quartz surfacing and natural stone will see the...Samsung introduces its luxury Staron[R] Quartz collection, a blend of natural beauty and...As a relatively new surfacing option, quartz resembles the look of natural stone, but...
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Magma Quartz DRC and Quartz LVS Physical Verification Duo Nominated for EDN Innovation of the Year; Quartz LVS Now in Production Release; Users Rave in Cooley Survey.
Business Wire; 2/2/2006; 700+ words
; ...semiconductor design software, today announced that Quartz(TM) DRC and Quartz LVS have been nominated for the EDN Innovation of...2 hours or less. Magma also announced today that Quartz LVS is now in production release. Quartz LVS was...
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Syntheic quartz crystal--a review
Magazine article from: Minerals & Metallurgical Processing; 2/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Abstract Quartz is the second most widely used electronic...crystals used each year. Most of the quartz used in electronics is synthetic and is...outlook for these markets. Key words: Quartz, Synthetic crystals, Hydrothermal growth...
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The Quartz Group and WON IK Quartz Corp. Execute Formal Joint Venture Agreement.
Business Wire; 9/25/1997; 684 words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 1997--The Quartz Group Inc. (OTC BB:QGRP) Thursday announced...executed a joint venture agreement with WON IK Quartz Corp., Korea's largest quartz glass manufacturer. The newly formed company...
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Magma Introduces Quartz DRC; Advanced Physical Verification Technology Targeted to Verify Any IC Design in Two Hours.
Business Wire; 6/6/2005; 700+ words
; ...today announced the availability of Quartz(TM) DRC, a key component of Magma...acquisition of Mojave(TM) Design. Quartz DRC is architected to process integrated...magnitude faster than existing solutions. Quartz DRC does so by applying fine-grain parallelism...
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2004 PREVIEW QUARTZ HILL GOLF: Q.H. SET TO SHOOT FOR A LEAGUE REPEAT.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 9/9/2004; 700+ words
; Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer Quartz Hill girls' golf coach Stu Manthey figures...suggests this is Highland's turn, since Quartz Hill won last season. But strong players...Manthey will field the finest team in Quartz Hill history this year - one strong enough...
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Quartz
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Quartz Quartz (SiO 2 ), a common mineral, is the product of the two most prevalent elements in the earth's crust : silicon and oxygen . Quartz can be found as giant crystals or small grains, and is the main component...
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quartz and related minerals
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
quartz and related minerals α-Quartz, β-quartz, tridymite, cristobalite, coesite, and stishovite are all polymorphs of silicon dioxide or silica (SiO 2 ); they have different structures and therefore different symmetries...
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quartz
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
quartz one of the commonest of all rock-forming...are often distorted and twins are common. Quartz may be transparent, translucent, or opaque...include ordinary colorless crystallized quartz, or rock crystal; rose quartz; yellow...
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quartz overgrowth
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
quartz overgrowth The development of quartz cement around detrital grains , the quartz cement growing in optical continuity with the grains which they have enclosed.
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quartz wacke
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
quartz wacke A sandstone containing more than 15% mud matrix , with over 95% of the grains being quartz . See DOTT CLASSIFICATION .
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