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quartzite

Metamorphic rock consisting of pure quartz sandstone that has recrystallized under increasing heat and pressure.

quartzite

In sedimentology, an unmetamorphosed sandstone composed chiefly of quartz grains held together by silica that was precipitated after the original sand was deposited.
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The most visible change: swapping red Nevada metaquartzite for cream-colored Indiana limestone for its exterior.
Limestone will give Smith Center ‘elegant’ air by Kristen Peterson / Las Vegas Sun
Thinly bedded pea gravel consisting of black chert and metaquartzite clasts are commonly associated with indurated sandstones and orthoquartzites.
Geology and geography by Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
Where metaquartzites have been fenitized, they consist of fine-grained aegirine-augite, calcite, magnetite, and minor apatite.
Senior Division 1999 by Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science
 
 
 
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