The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quartzose
Quartzose \Quartz"ose`\, a. [Cf. F. quartzeux, G. quarzig.] (Min.) Containing, or resembling, quartz; partaking of the nature or qualities of quartz.
Wiktionary
quartzose
a. Pertaining to quartz; made of quartz.
WordNet
quartzose
adj. relating to or made of quartz
Usage examples of "quartzose".
The object is constructed of the gold quartzose material we all know and love so well.
It is usual with quartzose ores to rely mainly on the action of carbonate of soda, but not entirely.
Bunter Pebble Beds, harder red and brown sandstones with quartzose pebbles, very abundant in some places.
They consist chiefly of granulitic quartzose schists and felspathic gneisses, permeated in places by strings and veins of pegmatite.