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Noun: quartz sand
  1. Sand that is mainly composed of quartz, used as the main raw material for commercial glass production.
    "Lechatelierite is an amorphous silica glass SiO2 which is formed by lightning strikes in quartz sand."

Type of: sand

Part of: crystal, lechatelierite, quartz, quartz glass, vitreous silica

Encyclopedia: Quartz sand

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