Raghuram Rajan

Customers often value a good more when its price goes up. One reason may be its signaling value. An expensive handcrafted mechanical watch may tell time no more accurately than a cheap quartz model; but, because few people can afford one, buying it signals that the owner is rich.

Indian Economist

Jamie Anderson

My personal medicine bundle is my backpack that I have at the top of the course. Each person's medicine bundle is different and sacred and not to be spoken of. I have some goodies in my bundle. And my power stone is a quartz crystal that I love and wear almost every day.

American Athlete

C. V. Raman

Towards the end of February 1928, I took the decision of using brilliant monochromatic illumination obtained by the aid of the commercially available mercury arcs sealed in quartz tubes.

Indian Physicist

Wynter Gordon

I'm not too big on accessories, but I love my basic black quartz watch from American Apparel. It's a simple piece that goes with my vintage, thrift store chic style.

American Musician

Madelaine Petsch

My mom gave me a rose quartz that I carry every day. It promotes self-love. Whenever I feel a little down, I just hold it and get some good energy.

American Actress

Jeremiah Brent

When Nate and I got married, instead of flowers we had these quartz and rock crystals everywhere.

American Celebrity

Dani Shapiro

My desk is covered with talismans: pieces of rose quartz, wishing stones from a favorite beach.

American Author

Indicates high accuracy in timekeeping or electronic devices.

Technical Precision

Suggests that quartz makes objects long-lasting and reliable.

Durability

Quartz in products often implies good quality and value.

Value Implication

Quartz is often chosen for its beauty in home decor.

Aesthetic Appeal

Suggests a contemporary and stylish quality when referring to home fittings.

Modern Style

Notes the range of colors and patterns quartz comes in for decorative use.

Variety

 So when I first looked at this, I was -- I thought, gee, this is like a little treasure trove here. I couldn't believe it, and I'd go around dissecting the little bits out and making photographs of them. Here's what most of the sand in our world looks like. These are quartz crystals and feldspar, so most sand in the world on the mainland

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 before falling inside the cave. And this beautiful quartz crystal was also found in the back of Snow Dragon. Even now Brent and I find it hard to believe that all these discoveries were essentially in our own backyard, hidden away just waiting to be found. Like I said earlier, the idea of discovery in this busy world we live in

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 like these are quartz crystals and feldspar so most say on the world on on the mainland is made of quartz crystal and feldspar it's the erosion of granite rock so mountains are built up and they erode away by water and rain and ice and so forth and the become grains of sand there's some stand that's really much

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 builders possessed only rudimentary technologies is particularly important because it's been proven without doubt that it was very deliberately aligned to sunrise at the winter solstice its facade is a white quartz restored by archaeologists who believe the mound was originally covered in a smooth stone

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 and not just iridium is filled with glassy cereals and has filled the quartz grains that have been subjected to enormous pressure shock quartz now in this life the white is chalk and this chalk was deposited in a warm ocean the chalk itself is composed by plankton which has fallen down from the sea

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 No matter how skilled a clockmaker may be, every pendulum, wind-up mechanism and quartz crystal resonates at a slightly different frequency. However, every cesium 133 atom in the universe oscillates at the same exact frequency. So thanks to the atomic clock,

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 So the signature shape of a quartz crystal is a six-sided column with pointed tips. Depending on environmental conditions, most crystals have the potential to form multiple geometric shapes. For example, diamonds, which form deep in the Earth’s mantle,

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 or the vibration of a quartz crystal, which was far more accurate than sand or candles. Today, the basis for scientific time is a continuous count of seconds based on atomic clocks all around the world, known as the international atomic time.

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 Household dust also contains substances that blow in from the wider world. Depending on the local geology, finely ground quartz, coal, or volcanic ash might enter the air as atmospheric dust, along with pollen and fungal spores.

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 and even the pulsing sound of a quartz crystal in a digital clock. But there's one sense she'll use more than any her sense of smell.