quartz

As nouns the difference between quartz and slickens

is that quartz is (mineralogy) the most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, si]][[oxygen|o₂ it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous found in every environment while slickens is (us|dialect) the pulverised matter from a quartz mill.

As a verb slickens is

(slicken).

In mineralogy|lang=en terms the difference between quartz and quartzoid

is that quartz is (mineralogy) the most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, si]][[oxygen|o₂ it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous found in every environment while quartzoid is (mineralogy) a form of crystal resembling quartz, having two six-sided pyramids, base to base.

As nouns the difference between quartz and quartzoid

is that quartz is (mineralogy) the most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, si]][[oxygen|o₂ it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous found in every environment while quartzoid is (mineralogy) a form of crystal resembling quartz, having two six-sided pyramids, base to base.

As a noun quartz

is (mineralogy) the most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, si]][[oxygen|o₂ it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous found in every environment.

As an adjective quartzous is

pertaining to quartz; made of quartz.

As nouns the difference between quartz and greywacke

is that quartz is the most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO₂. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment while greywacke is a hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.

As nouns the difference between quartz and ametrine

is that quartz is the most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO₂. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment while ametrine is a naturally occurring variety of quartz, with zones of purple and yellow or orange.

As nouns the difference between quartz and novaculite

is that quartz is the most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO₂. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment while novaculite is a form of chert, very rich in quartz, that has been used to make whetstones.

As nouns the difference between quartz and granulite

is that quartz is (mineralogy) the most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, si]][[oxygen|o₂ it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous found in every environment while granulite is (geology) a fine-grained metamorphic rock composed chiefly of feldspar, quartz, and garnets.

As a noun quartz

is (mineralogy) the most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, si]][[oxygen|o₂ it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous found in every environment.

As an adjective quartzlike is

resembling or characteristic of quartz.

In mineralogy|lang=en terms the difference between quartz and sinople

is that quartz is (mineralogy) the most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, si]][[oxygen|o₂ it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous found in every environment while sinople is (mineralogy) ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia.

As nouns the difference between quartz and sinople

is that quartz is (mineralogy) the most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, si]][[oxygen|o₂ it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous found in every environment while sinople is (obsolete) a shade of red; sinoper.

As a noun quartz

is (mineralogy) the most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, si]][[oxygen|o₂ it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous found in every environment.

As an adjective quartzy is

resembling or containing quartz.