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Definition of Rose quartz
1. Noun. A translucent rose-red variety of quartz used for ornaments.
Definition of Rose quartz
1. Noun. A reddish colored type of quartz ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rose Quartz
Literary usage of Rose quartz
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)
"rose quartz.—Specimens of rose quartz from Dan Eiver, Stokes County, NC, show a
beautiful opalescence, and the existence of like quartz, ..."
2. A Hand-book of Precious Stones by Meyer Daniel Rothschild (1889)
"rose quartz. rose quartz occurs in a massive form, usually very imperfect and
cracked, and varying in color from rose-red to pink. ..."
3. An Introduction to Mineralogy: Adapted to the Use of Schools, and Private by John Lee Comstock (1832)
"If the specimen is of a yellow colour, it is yellow quartz, or citrine ; if of
a rose colour, it is rose quartz, &c. Many of the varieties of quartz are ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"-Among the crystalline varieties of quartz are rock crystal, amethyst, smoky
quartz, rose quartz, milky quartz, the mineral being colorless when pure, ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Among the crystalline varieties of quartz are rock crystal, amethyst, smoky
quartz, rose quartz, milky quartz, the mineral being colorless when pure, ..."
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