'Quartz' is a word borrowed from German 'quartz'. The word entered the English language some time around 1631.
quartz [noun] [circa 1631]
- a mineral consisting of silicon dioxide occurring in colorless and transparent or colored hexagonal crystals or in crys...
- a quartz crystal that when placed in an electric field oscillates at a constant frequency and is used to control device...
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Etymology: German 'Quarz'
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