quartziferous

quartz·if·er·ous

(kwôrt-sĭf′ər-əs)

adj.

Containing quartz.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

quartziferous

(kwɔːtˈsɪfərəs)

adj

(Geological Science) containing or composed of quartz

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Translations

quarzifero

quartezífero

References in periodicals archive ?

Then there were two pieces, both Senza titolo, 2013, made from cast glass full of quartziferous sand that cannot stay suspended and in theory will slowly settle, over a long period of time, forming a layer at the bottom.

Nicola Martini

Its clay mass is tempered with coarser quartziferous sand mixed with mica.

A review of Neolithic multi-room housepits as seen from the Meskaartty site in Virolahti Parish, extreme south-eastern Finland/Virolahti Meskaartty Asulakoht (Kagu-Soome) ja teised neoliitilised mitmeruumilised elamusuvendid

There are several quarries on the mountain, the bedrock of which is a quartziferous porphyry looking like granite.