a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite | a protective cover that protects the face of a watch |
| glassware made of quartz |
| a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices |
| a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces |
| a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure |
| colorless glass made of almost pure silica |