Quartz

English-Latin

quartz, n.

1. A form of silica, or silicon dioxide (SiO₂), occurring in hexagonal crystals, which are commonly colorless and transparent, but sometimes also yellow, brown, purple, green, and of other colors.
   • crystallum (-i, neut.)
   • crystallus (-i, fem. or masc.)
   • quarzum (-i, neut.)
   • acentetum (-i, neut.)
   • silex (-i, masc.)