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quartzoid

noun

Etymology

From quartz + -oid.

  1. derived from *twerH-✻ — “to enclose, grab”
  2. derived from *tvьrdъ✻
  3. borrowed from Quarz
  4. suffixed as quartzoid — “quartz + oid”

Definitions

  1. A form of crystal resembling quartz, having two six-sided pyramids, base to base.

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