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rose quartz

noun

a rose-red to pink variety of crystalline quartz usually found in massive form and used as a gem or ornamental stone.

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Origin of rose quartz

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby rose quartz

rose oil, roseola, roseola infantum, rose pink, rose pogonia, rose quartz, roseroot, rosery, rose-slug, Rose's position, rose spots
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Example sentences from the Web for rose quartz

  • Considered as a commercial asset, the Rose-Quartz Spring was dead.

    A Busy Year at the Old Squire's|Charles Asbury Stephens

  • Through small square panes of rose-quartz the citizens looked from their houses.

    The Book of Wonder|Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, Lord Dunsany

British Dictionary definitions for rose quartz

rose quartz

noun

a rose-pink often translucent variety of quartz that is used for ornaments
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