How to Use rock crystal in a Sentence

rock crystal

noun
  • The egg is made of rock crystal carved as thin as glass.
    Nancy Gould Chuda, Town & Country, 11 June 2021
  • In a first for De Beers, this set features rock crystal from Brazil.
    Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Every single piece of rock crystal comes from Arkansas, home of the best quartz mines in the world.
    Leena Kim, Town & Country, 9 June 2023
  • To mark this year’s milestone edition of the award, Scheufele chose to replace the translucent rock crystal with pink rose quartz.
    Lise Pedersen, Variety, 10 May 2022
  • The jar measures at about two inches tall and was crafted from rock crystal.
    David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Chopard then replaced the rock crystal base with rose quartz, a stone that Scheufele says symbolizes love.
    Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 8 May 2022
  • The transparent rock crystal, says Choisne, adds a sense of lightness to larger pieces.
    Jill Newman, Town & Country, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The Fatimids owned thousands of items made from rock crystal, some of which can be seen at the new exhibition.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Suzanne Belperron necklace with turquoise, rock crystal and black lacquer.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The jewels are made in a monochrome pairing of diamonds, rock crystal, and pearls rather than the usual mix of bright colored gemstones.
    Jill Newman, Town & Country, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Two decades later, Gloria Swanson — one of the biggest movie stars of the 1920s — purchased a pair of Cartier rock crystal and diamond bracelets.
    Lindsay Talbot, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Think five sterling silver bracelets with white sapphires and rock crystal stones, and eight 18K yellow and white gold bracelets with white diamonds.
    Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Shelves hold vintage Indian photographs, old fans, and a chunk of rock crystal.
    Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Sandalwood and ebony morphed into stunning wood-and-gold link bracelets; a chunk of rock crystal became a knockout ring.
    Jill Gerston, ELLE Decor, 19 June 2012
  • Vieille Russie riviere necklace in rock crystal mounted in silver and gold, circa 1890.
    Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
  • One personal reliquary housed at the British Museum, dated to 1340, is made from gold, amethyst, rock crystal, and enamel.
    Katy Kelleher, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The ground floor is monochromatic, an homage to the house's signature two-tone, with glowing Goossens chandeliers made of rock crystal dangling from the high ceiling.
    Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 May 2023
  • The hands seemed to float magically around the dial as if without anchor but were, in fact, attached to two disks of transparent rock crystal.
    Lindsay Talbot, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The painting is so detailed that there are imperfections visible in the rock crystal.
    Leah Garchik, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2017
  • The piece can be activated up to five times in a row and when it is set in motion the water, made from chalcedony, rock crystal and aluminum, begins to move for a ripple effect.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The highlight is a stunning statement necklace arranged in slices of rock crystal set in white gold and sprayed with the special material and lined with diamonds across the ridge of each piece.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 8 July 2021
  • Another is designed as a shape-shifting ring in diamonds and rock crystal.
    Carol Besler, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • What’s fashionable now are a lot of pieces that are more esoteric and design-based—like great old [Georges] Fouquet, which may be made of rock crystal and onyx and the value is in the diamond clasp.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The result was a collection that pushed the 135-year-old maison into its next era: large black aluminum necklaces, daring use of rock crystal and diamonds.
    Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Made of rock crystal, marble, or cast in bronze by her friend and longtime collaborator, Robert Goossens, the lions stalked over side tables and shelves; one carved in wood presided over the hearth, the world under its paw.
    Vogue, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Low and Byrne, who work in an atelier in Catskill, New York, design things like necklaces that balance a rock crystal and a silver knot, and zebra stone earrings that close with the company’s trademark spear.
    Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Webb is known for boldly oversized cocktail rings, animal cuffs, and pendant necklaces, as well as for his fearless use of stones like malachite, coral, lapis, and rock crystal.
    Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Onyx, diamonds and rock crystal in a checkerboard pattern presents itself as an endless 3D graphic.
    Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 27 June 2021
  • These treasures include high-quality flint, ostrich eggshell amber, a rock crystal dagger, and ivory tusks.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 July 2023
  • Artifacts include small items like turquoise and gold earrings and a golden monkey pendant found in tombs, pottery and funerary urns, a rock crystal knife and flints in the shape of scorpions.
    Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2018

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