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Silicon oxide   /sˈɪləkən ˈɑksˌaɪd/   Listen
Silicon oxide

noun
1.
A white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite.  Synonyms: silica, silicon dioxide.





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"Silicon oxide" Quotes from Famous Books



... may be considered along with the quartz gems, because, like them, it is composed mainly of oxide of silicon, but the opal also has water combined with the silicon oxide (not merely imprisoned in it). Thus opal is a hydrous form of silica (hydrous comes from ...
— A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public • Frank Bertram Wade


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