The term used for the clear, colorless form of the mineral quartz. Rock crystal can be used as a gemstone or carved into objects of various kinds.
Rock crystal ewer. Fatimid. Ca. 1000-1050. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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Rock crystal ewer. Fatimid. Ca. 1000-1050. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.