http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz
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The scientific name for quartz crystal is silicon dioxide (SiO2).
Silicon Dioxide.
the scientific name for granite is basalt. The scientific name is Granite. It is an igneous or intrusive igneous rock. A generic term is Granitoid, which referrs to light-colored, coarse-grained igneous rocks.
Smoky quartz is normally found in granite mountains. Smoky quartz is regular quartz which is exposed to radiation on a long term basis.
The scientific term is 'strata'.
The scientific term for plastics is polymers.
That is precisely the scientific term: "ellipse".
Hyperopia is the scientific term. The common term is far-sightedness.
The scientific term for mildew is mold(mould)
the scientific term for hearing loss is presbycusis
Check your dictionary - ophthalmologist *is* a scientific term.
Rainbow quartz is a term used for describeing two states of quartz crystal. One state, is a quartz crystal that has been fractured internally. The refraction of light through the crystal, produces a rainbow color spectrum. The second state, are quartz crystals that have been coated in titanium. The coating gives the surface of the quartz a rainbow effect.