1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm III. 25 Below this was a pale grey angulated quartz sand.
1852 W. H. Sleeman II. 68 Quartz-sand commonly contains some of the inorganic substances necessary to plants.
1984 E. P. DeGarmo et al. (ed. 6) xxiii. 632 Quartz sand is used primarily in coated abrasives and in air blasting..but artificial abrasives are also making rapid inroads in these applications.