quartzless

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Etymology edit

quartz +‎ -less

Adjective edit

quartzless (not comparable)

(mineralogy) Lacking quartz.
- 1885, Charles Lyell, The Student's Elements of Geology:
  The majority of the Diorites are quartzless; but some contain Quartz, and are then termed Quartz-diorites.

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