"rock crystal" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: rock crystals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rock crystal (countable and uncountable, plural rock crystals)
  1. clear, colourless form of the silica-based mineral quartz, often called "pure quartz" or "clear quartz". Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mineralogy Translations (clear quartz): κρύσταλλος (krústallos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), планински кристал (planinski kristal) (Bulgarian), bjergkrystal (Danish), vuorikide (Finnish), cristal de roche [masculine] (French), Bergkristall [masculine] (German), aligoq (Greenlandic), cristallo di rocca [masculine] (Italian), уулын болор (uulyn bolor) (Mongolian), صرچه (sırça) (Ottoman Turkish), kryształ górski [masculine] (Polish), cristal de stâncă [neuter] (Romanian), го́рный хруста́ль (górnyj xrustálʹ) [masculine] (Russian), cristal de roca [masculine] (Spanish), bergkristall [common-gender] (Swedish), хайа курустаала (qaya kurustaala) (Yakut)

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