| 单词 | mountain crystal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain crystal mountain crystal n. [after Dutch bergh-cristal (1596 in the passage translated in quot. 1598)] Mineralogy (now historical) quartz; a quartz crystal. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] crystalOE diamond1591 mountain crystal1598 rock crystal1598 Welsh diamond1705 Irish diamond1774 magne-crystal1870 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > quartz > crystalline quartzes > rock crystal crystalOE irisa1387 crystalline1539 rainbow-stone1587 Cornish diamond1591 diamond1591 mountain crystal1598 rock crystal1598 pebble1688 Cornish stone1695 Welsh diamond1705 rainbow crystal1748 quartz crystal1770 Irish diamond1774 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. ix. 19/1 They haue..a kind of mountain Christall, wherof they make many signets. 1705 Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1906 When I view'd the so nam'd Crystal Particles,..many of 'em appear'd to me to be Hexangular, like the Mountain Crystal. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Milk The internal use..of calcin'd mountain crystals, in powder. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 447 Quartz..When crystallized in hexagonal pyramids..is called mountain crystal. 1896 A. H. Chester Dict. Names Minerals 182 Mountain-crystal, a popular name for quartz crystal. 1993 A. M. Clark Hey's Mineral Index (ed. 3) 427/2 Mountain crystal, syn. of quartz. < as lemmas |
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