QuartziteQuartzite is a metamorphic rock form characterized by interlocking quartz grains from quartz sandstone.
This example of quartzite is from Warm Springs, Georgia where a stressed formation produces it along with schist and gneiss, two other metamorphic rocks. The formation produces a large warm spring.
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Index Reference Lutgens and Tarbuck Ch 7 | |||||||||
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