quartzite
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- noun
- /ˈkwɔrˌzaɪt/
- Specialized
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- Not until she'd exhausted herself had she finally dropped the quartzite cobble.
- quartzite rock
- quartzite cobble
- fine quartzite
Imagine that in her eyes they made out of quartzite and gold and fool's gold and shale.
- Imagine that in her eyes they made out of quartzite and gold and fool's gold and shale.
Examples
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As she walked, she searched the ground and found a quartzite cobble of just the right size.
Fiction book (1992) -
We actually have a quartzite fireplace over here.
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I saw quartzite cobbles in the river.
Fiction book (1992) -
At abyssal depths, Earth's weight presses out their water; heat and pressure burst their molecules, and sandstone changes into quartzite.
Academic text (1998) -
He mandated that each 32-kilo slab be a 50-by-50-centimeter, handcrafted piece of quartzite.
Academic text (2012) -
It keeps the form of quartzite—that milky gray mineral—to very great depths, where at last the quartzite melts and mixes in magma.
Academic text (1998) -
The Sioux quartzite used in the buildings gives them a unique and sturdy appearance.
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During the hike, I noticed the sharp edges of the quartzite scattered among the rocks.
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The geologist explained that quartzite is formed under extreme heat and pressure from sandstone.
Synonyms
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Hard natural stone that you find on the ground or underground
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A hard natural rock used for building or a small piece of it
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A rock changed by heat and pressure inside the earth
How Hard
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Quartzite comes from the mineral quartz and the ending -ite, which is used for rocks and minerals, so it can be remembered as the 'rock of quartz'. That's why quartzite refers to a very hard rock made mostly of quartz.