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
Light from a match or pocket flash at one end of a fused quartz rod 25 feet long passed through the tube without appreciable loss of illumination.
From Time Magazine Archive
But fused quartz is too expensive to put in school windows for little boys to knock baseballs through.
From Time Magazine Archive
It can already be produced commercially at a fraction of the price of the fused quartz formerly made by hand, in minute quantities, at great expense.
From Time Magazine Archive
Insulators made on this plan are much less affected by the condensation of moisture from the air than anything except fused quartz.
From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard
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