Definitions
Mineral compound found in quartz, sand, and many rocks.
Word origin
From New Latin silica, from Latin silex (“hard stone, flint”), on model of alumina, soda.
Used in a sentence
“Its Blair County property was sited at the foot of ganister-covered Dunnings Mountain to compete with the Mount Union plants making silica bricks for the steel industry.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Quartz component”6 letters
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