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Rock Crystal may refer to:

  • a variety of quartz
  • Rock Crystal (Fabergé egg), an 1896 an Fabergé egg made for the Russian Imperial family
  • Rock Crystal (film), a 2004 film
  • Rock Crystal (novella), an 1845 novella by Austrian writer Adalbert Stifter
  • Rock crystal vase, a type of decorative vase
  • a ewer typical of Fatimid art
  • one of a number of gemstones used for hardstone carving

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Rock Crystal

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Rock Crystal may refer to: a variety of quartz Rock Crystal (Fabergé egg), an 1896 an Fabergé egg made for the Russian Imperial family Rock Crystal (film)...

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Quartz

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rock crystal or clear quartz, is colorless and transparent or translucent and has often been used for hardstone carvings, such as the Lothair Crystal...

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Crystal

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solidification. The word crystal derives from the Ancient Greek word κρύσταλλος (krustallos), meaning both "ice" and "rock crystal", from κρύος (kruos),...

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Rock crystal vase

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A rock crystal vase is a vase made of rock crystal, a type of hardstone carving. Such vases were rare, expensive, and decorated with gold and jewels, used...

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Fatimid rock crystal amulets

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Rock crystal amulets in the Islamic world date back to the 9th century CE and were used to offer well-being and religious protection. A range of forms...

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Rhinestone

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made from rock crystal but since the 19th century from crystal glass or polymers such as acrylic. Originally, rhinestones were rock crystals gathered from...

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Crystal skull

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Crystal skulls are human skull hardstone carvings made of clear or milky white quartz (also called "rock crystal"), claimed to be pre-Columbian Mesoamerican...

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Lead glass

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substance. It is retained from the Venetian word cristallo to describe the rock crystal (quartz) imitated by Murano glassmakers. This naming convention has been...

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Crystal Rock Holdings

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Crystal Rock operates through its subsidiary Crystal Rock LLC throughout the Northeast in the United States. With 16 company acquisitions, Crystal Rock...

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Crystallography

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derived from the Ancient Greek word κρύσταλλος (krústallos; "clear ice, rock-crystal"), and γράφειν (gráphein; "to write"). In July 2012, the United Nations...

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Hardstone carving

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carving of semi-precious stones (and sometimes gemstones), such as jade, rock crystal (clear quartz), agate, onyx, jasper, serpentinite, or carnelian, and...

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Rock candy

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Rock candy or sugar candy, also called rock sugar, or crystal sugar, is a type of confection composed of relatively large sugar crystals. In some parts...

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Edmund de Unger

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artefacts from the Keir Collection: Fatimid rock crystal bead in form of hare Early 11th century Fatimid rock crystal oval bottle 13th century Homberg brass...

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The Corning Ewer

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The Corning Ewer bears close resemblances to The Buckley Ewer and The Rock-Crystal Ewers produced for Fatimid rulers in Cairo, Egypt. The Corning Ewer is...

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Halite

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commonly known as rock salt, is a type of salt, the mineral (natural) form of sodium chloride (NaCl). Halite forms isometric crystals. The mineral is typically...

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Nimrud lens

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Nimrud lens, also called Layard lens, is an 8th-century BC piece of rock crystal which was unearthed in 1850 by Austen Henry Layard at the Assyrian palace...

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Chandelier

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decorated with carved rock crystal (quartz) of Italian origin in the 16th century, a highly expensive material. The rock crystal pieces were hung from...

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Waddesdon Bequest

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even later. Rock crystal covered cup, around 1600, WB.76 Jade, early 17th-century, the handle later, WB.81, Milan or Prague Rock crystal bucket, early...

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Cut glass

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glass has long been misleadingly called "crystal" by the industry, evoking the glamour and expense of rock crystal, or carved transparent quartz, and most...

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Alfred Jewel

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Byzantine or Carolingian examples, as is the use of rock crystal as a "see-through" cover. The rock crystal piece may be recycled from a Roman object. The...

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Crystal skulls in popular culture

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Crystal skulls are human skull hardstone carvings made of clear or milky quartz rock, known in art history as "rock crystal". They are often claimed to...

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Fatimid art

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and finely wrought objects in the decorative arts, including carved rock crystal, lustreware and other ceramics, wood and ivory carving, gold jewelry...

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Tina Chow

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woven bamboo bangle which encases seven rough rock crystals or rose quartz in their natural form. The crystals, left loose inside the bamboo casing, rattle...

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