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megaquartz

noun

Etymology

From mega- + quartz.

  1. derived from *twerH-✻ — “to enclose, grab”
  2. derived from *tvьrdъ✻
  3. borrowed from Quarz
  4. formed as megaquartz — “mega- + quartz”

Definitions

  1. A type of large quartz present as individual crystals and clusters of crystals, as well…

    A type of large quartz present as individual crystals and clusters of crystals, as well as overgrowths on detrital quartz grains, found in Quaternary dolomites.

The neighborhood

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