Quartzite is a white or pinkish rock, in which the dominant mineral is quartz.
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Quartzite
//ˈk(w)ɔːtˌsaɪt//
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17 translations across 17 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- կվարցիտ noun (metamorphic rock)
Bulgarian
1 entries- кварцит noun (metamorphic rock)
Catalan
1 entries- quarsita noun (metamorphic rock)
Finnish
1 entries- kvartsiitti noun (metamorphic rock)
French
1 entries- quartzite noun (metamorphic rock)
German
1 entries- Quarzit noun (metamorphic rock)
Italian
1 entries- quarzite noun (metamorphic rock)
Japanese
1 entries- 珪岩 noun (metamorphic rock)
Macedonian
1 entries- кварци́т noun (metamorphic rock)
Māori
1 entries- kohurau noun (metamorphic rock)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kvartsitt noun (metamorphic rock)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kvartsitt noun (metamorphic rock)
Portuguese
1 entries- quartzito noun (metamorphic rock)
Russian
1 entries- кварци́т noun (metamorphic rock)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- clach-èiteig noun (metamorphic rock)
Spanish
1 entries- cuarzita noun (metamorphic rock)
Tagalog
1 entries- kuwarsita noun (metamorphic rock)
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After millions of years the sand turned into sandstone. With more time and pressure the sandstone was then squished and cooked into quartzite.
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Following the course of the river from New Ulm to Fort Ridgely, there are several exposures of reddish-brown “granite” or quartzites, which has been quarried in a few places, but I do not feel entirely sure of its connection with the rocks in the prairie or at the Ferry below.
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The stone experimented upon being of the hardest and toughest kind the effect is not seen for several strokes ; but within two minutes, during which the writer watched the experiment, a steel chisel was completely blunted and rendered useless, and there was a hole made about two inches deep in the mass of quartzite placed to operate upon.
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