Quartz

Quick meaning: Quartz is a noun meaning (uncountable, slang) Crystal meth: methamphetamine hydrochloride.

Meaning

(uncountable, slang) Crystal meth: methamphetamine hydrochloride.

More Meanings

1. (mineralogy) The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO₂. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment.

Example Sentences

My meat eats me. Who waits at the gate? / Mother of quartz, your words writhe into my ear. / Renew the light, lewd whisper.

Subsequently, the old Malay brought him the present specimen in a state of torpidity, telling him he had found it in a cavity of the quartz reef.

The telescope and collimator have each an object-glass consisting of a single lens of quartz 1½ inch diameter and a focal length of 18½ inches for the sodium yellow light, but not more than 16 inches for the highest rays measured.

Word Forms

• quartzes

Synonyms for quartz

Depending on context, synonyms include crystal, lechatelierite.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lechatelierite, crystal, sericite, adularia, diorite, felsite.

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