rock crystal
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rock crystal
noun rock crystals
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A clear, colorless form of the silica-based mineral quartz.
[…] I have for Trials sake taken Lumps of Rock Crystal, and Heating them Red hot in a Crucible, I found according to my Expectation, that being Quench’d in Fair water, even those that remain’d in seemingly entire Lumps, exchang’d their Translucency for Whiteness […]
Similar: clear quartz, pure quartz
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noun clear quartz
| Español | cristal de roca |
|---|---|
| Français | cristal de roche |
| Deutsch | Bergkristall |
| Italiano | cristallo di rocca |
| Română | cristal de stâncă |
| Русский | го́рный хруста́ль górnyj xrustálʹ |
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