Definition of Quartzous

1. a. Quarzose.

Definition of Quartzous

1. Adjective. Pertaining to quartz; made of quartz. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quartzous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Quartzous

1. Quarzose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quartzous

quartzier
quartziest
quartziferous
quartzine
quartzines
quartzing
quartzite
quartzites
quartzitic
quartzless
quartzlike
quartzofeldspathic
quartzoid
quartzoids
quartzose
quartzous (current term)
quartzy
quaruba
quarubas
quas
quasar
quasarlike
quasars
quases
quash
quashable
quashed
quashee
quashees
quasher

Literary usage of Quartzous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New by Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland (1829)
"Whatever rises above the surface of the water is composed of broken pieces, cemented by the carbonate of lime, in which grains of quartzous sand are set. ..."

2. Civil Engineering as Applied in Construction by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1902)
"The Arlberg Tunnel traverses quartzous schist, approximating to gneiss, along its eastern portion, and fissured mica-schist along its western portion. ..."

3. Civil Engineering as Applied in Construction by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1902)
"The Arlberg Tunnel traverses quartzous schist, approximating to gneiss, along its eastern portion, and fissured mica-schist along its western portion. ..."

4. Civil Engineering as Applied in Construction by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1910)
"The Arlberg Tunnel traverses quartzous schist, approximating to gneiss, along its eastern portion, and fissured mica-schist along its western portion. ..."

5. Sessional Papers by Québec (Province). Legislature (1908)
"At some places the gneisses are very quartzous and turn to quartzite of a pale pink colour. The valley of the Riviere du Milieu is shut in between two ..."

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