different between quartz vs peridot

English

Etymology

From German Quarz, from Middle High German (Central East German) quarz, twarc, from a West Slavic language [compare Polish twardy (“hard”), Czech tvrdý (“hard”), Russian ??????? (tvjórdyj, “hard”)], from Old Church Slavonic ?????? (tvr?d?, “firm”), from Proto-Slavic *tv?rd?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kw??ts/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kw??ts/, /k??ts/
• Homophone: courts (some accents)

Noun

quartz (countable and uncountable, plural quartzes)

1. (mineralogy) The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO₂. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment.

Synonyms

• Thesaurus:quartz

Derived terms

Related terms

• Colorado topaz

Translations

See also

French

Etymology

From German Quarz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa?ts/

Noun

quartz m (plural quartz)

1. quartz

   Synonym: cristal de roche

Descendants

• ? Catalan: quars

Further reading

• “quartz” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Fro Middle English peritot, from Anglo-Norman peridou, peridout, Middle French perido, peridon, of uncertain origin; later reborrowed from modern French péridot.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p???d?t/, /?p???d??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p???d?t/, /?p???do?/

Noun

peridot (countable and uncountable, plural peridots)

1. A transparent olive-green form of olivine, used as a gem.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 51:

     Gem-quality olivine is known as peridot, which has a subtle green light all its own.
2. A yellow-green colour, like that of the peridot.

Derived terms

• peridotite

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Peridot”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “peridot”, in Mindat.org?^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• diopter, dioptre, periodt, proetid, proteid, protide, pterido-, pteroid, reptoid

Romanian

Etymology

From French péridot.

Noun

peridot n (plural peridote)

1. peridot

Declension