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Quartzite

Quartzite is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock that was originally pure quartz sandstone. Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to tectonic compression within orogenic belts, and hence quartzite is a metasandstone.

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Fabric
Non-foliated
Protoliths
Quartz Sandstone

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Quartzite

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Edges108
Triples140
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018349
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Quartzite

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related to Europe · 32
Quartzite → Also, Anglesey, Arenig Epoch, Arkle, Cambrian, Corraun Peninsula, County Donegal, County Mayo, England, Errigal, Foinaven, Hartshill, Holy, Holyhead Mountain, In, In Ireland, In Wales, Irish Atlantic Bog, Loch Eriboll, Long Mynd
related to North America · 28
Quartzite → Alene, Appalachians, Arizona, Baraboo Range, Belt Supergroup, Central Texas, Coeur, Devil's Lake State Park, Idaho, In, In Canada, La Cloche Mountains, Minnesota, Morenci Copper Mine, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quartzsite, Salt Lake City, South Dakota
related to External links · 21
Quartzite → Archived, Baraboo, Baraboo Syncline, Big Sioux River, Dietrich's GemRocks, Environmental Issues, Exploration, History, Mineral Summary, Minnesota's, Natural History, Natural Resources, Production, Quartzite Photos, QuartziteCowen's, QuartziteCSU Pomona Geology, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Stone Age/Homo, The First Geologists
related to Gallery · 15
Quartzite → Cache County, Canada, Doso Doyabi, NevadaQuartzite, Norway, Ontario, Ordovician, Prospect Mountain Formation, Salangen, Salangen Municipality, Swan Peak Quartzite, Tony Grove Lake, Troms, UtahThe, White Pine County
related to Uses · 8
Quartzite → Crushed, During, High, It, Its, Paleolithic, Prehistoric, United States
related to Characteristics and origin · 6
Quartzite → British Geological Survey, Minor, Most, The, To, When
related to Elsewhere · 6
Quartzite → Brazil, Chimanimani Plateau, Monte Binga, Mozambique, Precambrian, The
see also · 4
Quartzite → Argentina, Mar, NeomorphismMar, Plata
is a · 3
Quartzite → form of silica, hard, metasandstone
related to Etymology · 3
Quartzite → German, Quarzit, The

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quartz rock used silica often metamorphic sandstone grains stone sedimentary also orthoquartzite quartzites pure composed hard metamorphism texture may found

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
QuartziteFabricNon-foliated1.00infobox
QuartziteProtolithsQuartz Sandstone1.00infobox
Quartziteis ahard0.90text
Quartziteis ametasandstone0.90text
Quartziteis aform of silica0.90text
carbonatesinstance ofSome quartzites contain just enough weather-susceptible nutrient-bearing minerals0.80text
chlorite to form a loamyinstance ofSome quartzites contain just enough weather-susceptible nutrient-bearing minerals0.80text
fairly fertile though shallowinstance ofSome quartzites contain just enough weather-susceptible nutrient-bearing minerals0.80text
stony soil.Quartzite has been used since prehistoric times for stone toolsinstance ofSome quartzites contain just enough weather-susceptible nutrient-bearing minerals0.80text
zirconinstance ofSiO2 with only very minor amounts of iron oxide and trace resistant minerals0.80text
rutileinstance ofSiO2 with only very minor amounts of iron oxide and trace resistant minerals0.80text
magnetiteinstance ofSiO2 with only very minor amounts of iron oxide and trace resistant minerals0.80text

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