"quartzes" in the noun sense
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
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