rose quartz


noun

a rose-red to pink variety of crystalline quartz usually found in massive form and used as a gem or ornamental stone.

Origin of rose quartz

First recorded in 1810–20

Example sentences from the Web for rose quartz

  • Considered as a commercial asset, the Rose-Quartz Spring was dead.

    A Busy Year at the Old Squire's |Charles Asbury Stephens
  • Through small square panes of rose-quartz the citizens looked from their houses.

    The Book of Wonder |Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, Lord Dunsany

British Dictionary definitions for rose quartz

rose quartz

noun

a rose-pink often translucent variety of quartz that is used for ornaments