Qtz

English

Noun

Qtz (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) Abbreviation of quartz.
   • 2017, J. Theo Kloprogge, Robert Lavinsky, “Introduction: Geological Examples”, in Photo Atlas of Mineral Pseudomorphism, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 88:

     The Phe + Qtz symplectite, grown preferentially along the planar perthitic exsolution lamellae, indicates that the albite exsolution (i.e., a first retrogression) occurred before the eclogite-facies metamorphism […] .