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Definition of Quartzite
1. Noun. Hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals.
Definition of Quartzite
1. n. Massive quartz occurring as a rock; a metamorphosed sandstone; -- called also quartz rock.
Definition of Quartzite
1. Noun. a metamorphic rock consisting of interlocking grains of quartz ¹
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Definition of Quartzite
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Quartzite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Quartzite
Literary usage of Quartzite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report (1913)
"1 shows an end view of the quartzite bed which has the rippled upper ... 2 shows
a thin layer of shaly mud rock lying on the ripple-marked quartzite. Fig. ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
"On the Relations of the Gneiss, Red Sandstone, and quartzite in the North- West
Highlands. By JAMES NICOL, FRSE, FGS, Professor of Natural History in the ..."
3. Military Geology and Topography: A Presentation of Certain Phases of Geology by Herbert Ernest Gregory (1918)
"Quartz sandstone that is so thoroughly and strongly cemented that it breaks
directly through the sand grains rather than around them is called quartzite. ..."
4. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"In the form of sandstone and quartzite (p. 116) it is of value as a structural
material. The forms of quartz considered here are the massive crystalline ..."
5. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences by Washington Academy of Sciences (1915)
"While the Dripping Spring quartzite is arkosic the Troy quartzite shows little or no
... In the Ray and Globe quadrangles the name quartzite is generally ..."
6. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1895)
"The Sioux quartzite is a formation made up of hard, flinty beds, of considerable
thickness and extent, which are exposed principally along the Sioux river, ..."
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