fused quartz
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fused quartz
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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Lucky strike … A fulgurite of fused quartz, collected in Florida.
From The Guardian • May 24, 2013
The fused quartz is manufactured from a fine quality of rock crystals from Brazil and Madagascar, but can be made in unlimited quantities in almost any part of the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
For practical operation Professor Goddard suggested last week a mirror 20 feet in diameter focusing on a boiler with a fused quartz base.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cure consists of a violet ray treatment, wherein the subject is exposed to ultraviolet rays projected by a Cooper-Hewitt lamp through a fused quartz window.
From Time Magazine Archive
From these extended other rods of fused quartz, rods that led down through the floor; but these were less bulky, scarcely over eight inches thick.
From The Black Star Passes by Campbell, John Wood
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