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Definition of Rock crystal
1. Noun. A clear quartz used in making electronic and optical equipment.
Definition of Rock crystal
1. Noun. clear, colourless form of the silica-based mineral quartz, often called "''pure quartz''" or "''clear quartz''". ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rock Crystal
Literary usage of Rock crystal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Rock-Crystal.—Much interest was created in 1886, when a remarkable mass of
rock-crystal, weighing 51 pounds, was sent to Tiffany & Company, New York. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1883)
"(1) On the use of Quartz or Rock-crystal in the object-glasses of telescopes.
... I cannot ascertain exactly how soon the rock-crystal came into use for ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"ROCK-CRYSTAL, a colourless and transparent variety of quartz (Î.T).), used as an
ornamental stone. It usually occurs as crystals lining cavities in ..."
4. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1833)
"An Account of a Micrometer made of rock crystal. ... His improvement consists in
the substitution of a sphere of rock crystal, in place of the usual ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Rock-crystal has been used for ornamental purposes since the Mycenean ...
The artists of the Early Renaissance greatly favoured the use of rock-crystal, ..."
6. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"One is decorated with an arcade of little round-headed arches, and has a fringe
of rock crystal. The other three are of a very singular construction. ..."
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