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quartzine

noun

Etymology

From quartz + -ine.

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

Definitions

  1. A fibrous form of silica similar to chalcedony.

The neighborhood

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