QUARTZITE

usually metamorphic rock composed of firmly cemented quartz grains. Most often it is white, light gray, yellowish, or light brown, but is sometimes colored blue, green, purple, or black by included minerals. It results from the metamorphism of pure quartz sandstone. It is most easily distinguished from sandstone by the fact that it fractures across its constituent grains of sand, while sandstone fractures along the line of the cementing material between the grains of sand. Although most quartzites are metamorphic, some are sedimentary in origin, resulting from cementation of quartz sandstone by groundwater solutions containing pure quartz.

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books on: Quartzite  - 485 results

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Military Geology and Topography: A Presentation of Certain Phases of Geology, Geography and Topography for Military Purposes
Book by Herbert E. Gregory; Yale University Press, 1918
Subjects: Maps, Military, Military Geography, Military Topography, Mines And Mineral Resources--United States
...them is called quartzite. The cement in...usually quartz. Quartzites are very dense...erosion, and thus quartzite usually forms topographic...prominences. Most quartzites are very ancient...underground excavation in quartzite requires large...difficult to drill. Quartzites are commonly interbedded...
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Ancient Caves of the Great Salt Lake Region
Book by Julian H. Steward; 1937
Subjects: Great Salt Lake (Utah), Indians Of North America--Utah, Utah--Antiquities
...these 11065, fig. 46 , k is of gray quartzite skillfully flaked on both surfaces to...deep came two unworked flakes of gray quartzite 11052 the edges of which show wear...36 deep, the predominating form is a quartzite dart point with a more or less flat base...
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Early Human Behaviour in Global Context: The Rise and Diversity of the Lower Palaeolithic Record
Book by Michael D. Petraglia, Ravi Korisettar; Routledge, 1998
When quartzite was used, it may have been worked in the easiest manner. Of the five quartzite core-forms, four show splits or...of initiating fracture in the local quartzites. Quartzite cobbles thrown against an anvil or...
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The Archaeology of Navajo Origins
Book by Ronald H. Towner; University of Utah Press, 1996
Subjects: Archaeology--Southwest, New, Navajo Indians--Antiquities, Navajo Indians--Origin, Southwest, New--Antiquities
...materials including andesite, diorite, quartzite, sandstone, and siltstone. The assemblages...Gallegos District see Figure 6.4 . Quartzite, sandstone, chalcedony, and obsidian...bedrock exposures and as float material. Quartzite, chert, and silicified wood are common...
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The Archaeology of Difference: Negotiating Cross-Cultural Engagements in Oceania
Book by Robin Torrence, Anne Clarke; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Ethnoarchaeology--Oceania, Ethnology--Oceania, Oceania--Antiquities, Pacific Islanders--Cultural Assimilation, Pacific Islanders--First Contact With Europeans, Pacific Islanders--Material Culture
...type Locally available? 5 Popham Bay Ferruginous quartzite Flake Y 6 2 Trepang Bay Silcrete Flake N 7 Trepang Bay Pink quartzite Grindstone N Sandstone Manuports Y 9 Knocker Bay Pink quartzite Grindstone N Sandstone Manuports Y 10 3 Minto Head...
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Deformation Mechanisms and Rheology: Why Marble Is Weaker Than Quartzite
Journal article by K. H. Brodie, E. H. Rutter; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 157, 2000
Subjects: Marble, Quartz, Rheology
...and new data on synthetic quartzite, deformed under conditions...intracrystalline plastic flow of quartzite (the preferred flow laws...experimentally heat-treated quartzite. High temperature plastic...tectonic grain size reduction, quartzites are likely to deform dominantly...
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Weapons and Wunan: Production, Function and Exchange of Kimberley Points
Journal article by Kim Akerman, Richard Fullagar, Annelou Van Gijn; Australian Aboriginal Studies, Vol. 2002, 2002
Subjects: Indigenous peoples--Research
...points are generally made of quartzites knapped from the cortical...through sandy ground. Black quartzite was called ngalat it twinkles...igneous intrusions and the quartzites that make up the bulk of the...is made of fine-grained quartzite (not chert). Quartzite...
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Lithic Technology and Toolstone Variability at Two Gravel Exposures Neighboring the Eastern Llano Estacado
Journal article by Paul N. Backhouse, Eileen Johnson, Doug Cunningham; Plains Anthropologist, Vol. 54, 2009
Subjects: Behavior, Hypotheses, Museums, Quality, Raw materials
...these gravels is Potter member quartzite (Figure 2). This material...fine-grained Potter member quartzite, and smaller cobbles of coarse...that the coarse-grained quartzites typically were selected to...frequency of Potter member quartzite at these gravel exposures...
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Additional Western Lithics for Hopewell Bifaces in the Upper Mississippi River Valley
Journal article by Robert F. Boszhardt; Plains Anthropologist, Vol. 43, 1998
Subjects: Anthropology, Archaeology, Historic artifacts, Mississippi Valley, Native Americans
...jasper," gray "quartzite," white-tan "quartzites," tan-gray...the large gray quartzite biface from Schwert...northern Wisconsin quartzites, but concluded...eastern Wyoming area quartzites, with Morrison quartzite the most likely...
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Evidence for a Major Neoproterozoic Orogenic Unconformity within the Dalradian Supergroup of Nw Ireland
Journal article by D. H. W Hutton, G. I. Alsop; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 161, 2004
Subjects: Geological time, Ireland, Rock deformation, Sedimentation & deposition
...underlying Slieve Tooey Quartzite Formation (Fig. 5). These older quartzites (together with the...and exotic, cleaved quartzite clasts within quartzites forming the immediate...underlying deformed quartzite sequence. The occurrence...
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Cave Crawler
Magazine article by Brendan Borrell; The Scientist, Vol. 22, June 2008
Subjects: Ammonia, Caves, First Amendment-US
...km long, crystal cavern of pink and amber quartzite. "Roraima Sur Cave is the longest quartzite cave in the world," says Barton. Most...explain how Roraima Sur was carved out of quartzite, which is highly resistant to chemical deterioration...
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Pebble Plains, California
Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 102, August 1993
Subjects: Evolution, Flowers & plants, San Bernardino National Forest, Stone
...intermixed with particles and small rocks of quartzite--confront plants with a desertlike...Sadler suspects that the red clay and quartzite pebbles were laid down millions of years...sediment. Erosion continues to carry some quartzite pebbles down the slopes of Gold Mountain...
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Digging beneath the Silk Road
Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 101, September 1992
Subjects: Archaeology, China, Paleontology
...remains. These were simple, flaked quartzite tools, such as choppers and chopping...remains of temporary hunting camps. Quartzite pebble choppers are not much to look...chipped-stone choppers and chunks of quartzite used as a source of raw material also...
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High Light
Magazine article by Colin Prior; Geographical, Vol. 82, November 2010
Subjects: Landscape photography, Photography--Landscapes, Scotland--Description and travel
...particularly vulnerable to air pollution; CENTRE LEFT: a quartzite vein folded in rocks that formed 750-600 million years ago...drifting together to form the supercontinent Pangaea, the quartzite would have formed as sandstone crystallised as a result of...
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Trisha Donnelly; CASEY KAPLAN
Magazine article by Lauren O'Neill-Butler; Artforum International, Vol. 49, September 2010
Subjects: Donnelly, Trisha--Criticism and interpretation, Donnelly, Trisha--Exhibitions, Sculpture--Criticism and interpretation, Sculpture--Exhibitions, Sculpture--United States
...with a rotary blade, the works were extracted from blocks of quartzite, travertine, Black Portoro limestone, and Rose of Portugal...limestones metamorphism into marble, sandstones metamorphism into quartzite, and waters erosion of stone. The image appeared as an analogue...
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Masterpiece Manor Designers Deliver the Goods at Lake Forest Showhouse
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 1, 2011
...The countertops are a stone called quartzite that looks like creamy marble with taupe...the wall by the sink and range. The quartzite on the island is dark greens with blues...bath. They used the same dark green quartzite for the counters, and the floor is huge...
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Do You Prefer Wood, Glass or Stone?
Newspaper article by By Jean Murphy; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 17, 2010
...made stone used in countertops and quartzite is another," Lederer said. "Both...has the same drawbacks as silestone and quartzite with regard to heat and a homogeneous...synthetic stone materials like silestone and quartzite, with Corian coming in third. "At...
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An Oriental Oasis; A Serene Japanese Garden Is the Perfect Antidote to Busy City Life. Pattie Barron Falls for the Far East
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 7, 2004
...Japanese version of crazy paving, although each piece of quartzite has been cut to a template in the contemporary Japanese style...Box, trees and shrubs from Coblands (01483 480450). . Quartzite for paving and rocks, granite for stepping stones and welsh...
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FLOOR Plans
Newspaper article by Cary Lee Hanes; The Washington Times, August 15, 2000
...it a unique look. Its more on the rustic side," she says. Other natural stones, such as slate, gray quartzite and copper quartzite are also popular choices. Homeowners whose primary goal is to preserve the integrity and traditional feel...
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Jumping in at the Deep End Has Made a Big Splash for Pool Firm; Alex Turner Meets PAUL HILTON, Managing Director of Cheshire Wellness
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), March 31, 2010
...detail involved: "A North West residential pool made from quartzite stone imported from Switzerland featuring freeboard, deck...Wellness, believes that the commitment to quality - the Swiss quartzite stone was up to pounds 60,000 of the residential pools cost...
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encyclopedia articles on: Quartzite  - 6 results

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Quartzite
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
QUARTZITE usually metamorphic rock composed of firmly cemented quartz grains. Most...line of the cementing material between the grains of sand. Although most quartzites are metamorphic, some are sedimentary in origin, resulting from cementation...
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Sand
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...by wind action into ridges called dunes. Sandstone and quartzite rocks are indurated masses of sand, and sand deposits are sometimes formed by the weathering of sandstone and quartzite formations. Sand is used extensively in the manufacture...
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Rock
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the earth (see metamorphism ). Some (e.g., marble and quartzite ) are massive in structure; others, and particularly those...e.g., mica schist and hornblende schist), gneiss , quartzite, slate , and marble. Bibliography See H. Blatt et al...
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Sandstone
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...sometimes greenish or black rock composed of quartz and fledspar with numerous fragments of other rocks, such as shale, slate, quartzite, granite, and basalt. Sandstone may be crushed to the form of loose sand grains, which can then be put to the same industrial...
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Aravalli Hills
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Sambhar-Sirohi and the Sambhar-Khetri ranges, the hills contain a variety of minerals, including large amounts of quartzite. Most of the hills are 1,000 to 3,000 ft (300 to 900 m) in elevation and from 6 to 60 mi (10 to 100 km) in width...
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