Quartz (disambiguation)

Quartz is a common mineral.

Quartz may also refer to:

Places

• Quartz, California, former settlement in Butte County
• Quartz Hill, California, an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County

People

• Jakie Quartz, French singer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

• Quartz (duo), dance music production team
• Quartz (British band), Heavy Metal band
• Qwartz Electronic Music Awards

Other arts, entertainment, and media

• Quartz (publication), a privately held global business news website
• Rose Quartz, animated television series character, see list of Steven Universe characters

Computing

• Quartz (graphics layer), the graphics-rendering technology used in Mac OS X
• Quartz (scheduler), a Java Enterprise Job Scheduler
• Microsoft DirectShow, code name Quartz
• Microsoft Expression Web, code name Quartz
• Quartz 2D, an API on Mac OS X
• Quartz Compositor, the display server on Mac OS X
• UIQ, formerly User Interface Quartz, a discontinued software platform

Technology

• Quartz (electronics), an electronic component
• Engineered quartz, a synthetic material used for countertops and the like, called "quartz" in the trade
• Quartz clock, a clock or watch using an oscillator regulated by a quartz crystal