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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AA" title="كوارتزيت – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كوارتزيت" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuarcita" title="Cuarcita – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Cuarcita" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuarcita" title="Cuarcita – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Cuarcita" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvarsit" title="Kvarsit – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kvarsit" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9F" title="কোয়ার্টজাইট – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কোয়ার্টজাইট" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%82" title="Кварцыт – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Кварцыт" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Кварцит – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Кварцит" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarsita" title="Quarsita – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Quarsita" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvarcit" title="Kvarcit – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kvarcit" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarzit" title="Quarzit – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Quarzit" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvartsiit" title="Kvartsiit – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kvartsiit" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuarcita" title="Cuarcita – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cuarcita" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvarcito" title="Kvarcito – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kvarcito" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuartzita" title="Kuartzita – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kuartzita" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="کوارتزیت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کوارتزیت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartzite" title="Quartzite – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Quartzite" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuarcita" title="Cuarcita – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Cuarcita" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B7%9C%EC%95%94" title="규암 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="규암" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D6%81%D5%AB%D5%BF" title="Քվարցիտ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Քվարցիտ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvarcit" title="Kvarcit – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kvarcit" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuarsit" title="Kuarsit – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kuarsit" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvars%C3%ADt" title="Kvarsít – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Kvarsít" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarzite" title="Quarzite – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Quarzite" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%98" title="קוורציט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קוורציט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="კვარციტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კვარციტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Кварцит – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Кварцит" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Кварцит – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Кварцит" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartzites" title="Quartzites – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Quartzites" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaarzit" title="Quaarzit – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Quaarzit" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvarcitas" title="Kvarcitas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kvarcitas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwartsiet" title="Kwartsiet – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Kwartsiet" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Кварцит – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Кварцит" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwartsiet" title="Kwartsiet – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kwartsiet" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8F%AA%E5%B2%A9" title="珪岩 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="珪岩" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwartsiit" title="Kwartsiit – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Kwartsiit" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvartsitt" title="Kvartsitt – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kvartsitt" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvartsitt" title="Kvartsitt – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Kvartsitt" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvarsit" title="Kvarsit – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Kvarsit" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwarcyt" title="Kwarcyt – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Kwarcyt" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartzito" title="Quartzito – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Quartzito" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuar%C8%9Bit" title="Cuarțit – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Cuarțit" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Кварцит – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Кварцит" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartzite" title="Quartzite – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Quartzite" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremenec_(hornina)" title="Kremenec (hornina) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Kremenec (hornina)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvarcit" title="Kvarcit – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Kvarcit" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Кварцит – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Кварцит" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvarcit" title="Kvarcit – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Kvarcit" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvartsiitti" title="Kvartsiitti – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Kvartsiitti" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvartsit" title="Kvartsit – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Kvartsit" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuvarsit" title="Kuvarsit – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Kuvarsit" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Кварцит – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Кварцит" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartzit" title="Quartzit – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Quartzit" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%B3%E8%8B%B1%E5%B2%A9" title="石英岩 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="石英岩" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9F%B3%E8%8B%B1%E5%B2%A9" title="石英岩 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="石英岩" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" 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class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Quartzite</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color: #cddeff"><b><a href="/wiki/Metamorphic" class="mw-redirect" title="Metamorphic">Metamorphic rock</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Quartzite_Solli%C3%A8res.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Quartzite_Solli%C3%A8res.jpg/220px-Quartzite_Solli%C3%A8res.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Quartzite_Solli%C3%A8res.jpg/330px-Quartzite_Solli%C3%A8res.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Quartzite_Solli%C3%A8res.jpg/440px-Quartzite_Solli%C3%A8res.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7360" data-file-height="4912" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Quartzite, containing darker bands of phengite and chlorite, from Maurienne Valley in the <a href="/wiki/French_Alps" title="French Alps">French Alps</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Composition</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Quartz</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Physical Characteristics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fabric</th><td class="infobox-data">Non-foliated</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Relationships</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Protoliths</th><td class="infobox-data">Quartz <a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">Sandstone</a></td></tr></tbody></table><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sample_of_Quartzite.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Sample_of_Quartzite.JPG/250px-Sample_of_Quartzite.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Sample_of_Quartzite.JPG/330px-Sample_of_Quartzite.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Sample_of_Quartzite.JPG/500px-Sample_of_Quartzite.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1548" data-file-height="1350" /></a><figcaption>Quartzite can have a grainy, glassy, sandpaper-like surface</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Quartzite</b> is a hard, non-<a href="/wiki/Foliation_(geology)" title="Foliation (geology)">foliated</a> <a href="/wiki/Metamorphic_rock" title="Metamorphic rock">metamorphic rock</a> which was originally pure <a href="/wiki/Quartz" title="Quartz">quartz</a> <a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">sandstone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EG_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MII_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MII-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to <a href="/wiki/Tectonics" title="Tectonics">tectonic</a> compression within <a href="/wiki/Orogeny" title="Orogeny">orogenic belts</a>. Pure quartzite is usually white to grey, though quartzites often occur in various shades of pink and red due to varying amounts of <a href="/wiki/Hematite" title="Hematite">hematite</a>. Other colors, such as yellow, green, blue and orange, are due to other minerals. </p><p>The term <i>quartzite</i> is also sometimes used for very hard but unmetamorphosed <a href="/wiki/Sandstones" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandstones">sandstones</a> that are composed of quartz grains thoroughly cemented with additional quartz. Such sedimentary rock has come to be described as <b>orthoquartzite</b> to distinguish it from metamorphic quartzite, which is sometimes called <b>metaquartzite</b> to emphasize its metamorphic origins.<sup id="cite_ref-jackson1997_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jackson1997-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-oxford2013_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oxford2013-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Quartzite is very resistant to chemical <a href="/wiki/Weathering" title="Weathering">weathering</a> and often forms ridges and resistant hilltops. The nearly pure silica content of the rock provides little material for <a href="/wiki/Soil" title="Soil">soil</a>; therefore, the quartzite ridges are often bare or covered only with a very thin layer of soil and little (if any) vegetation. Some quartzites contain just enough weather-susceptible nutrient-bearing minerals such as <a href="/wiki/Carbonates" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbonates">carbonates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chlorite_group" title="Chlorite group">chlorite</a> to form a loamy, fairly fertile though shallow and stony soil. </p><p>Quartzite has been used since prehistoric times for stone tools. It is presently used for decorative dimension stone, as crushed stone in highway construction, and as a source of <a href="/wiki/Silica" class="mw-redirect" title="Silica">silica</a> for production of <a href="/wiki/Silicon" title="Silicon">silicon</a> and silicon compounds. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics_and_origin">Characteristics and origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartzite&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Characteristics and origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Quartzite is a very hard rock composed predominantly of an interlocking mosaic of quartz crystals. The grainy, sandpaper-like surface is glassy in appearance. Minor amounts of former cementing materials, iron oxide, silica, carbonate and clay, often migrate during recrystallization, causing streaks and lenses to form within the quartzite.<sup id="cite_ref-EG_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To be classified as a quartzite by the <a href="/wiki/British_Geological_Survey" title="British Geological Survey">British Geological Survey</a>, a metamorphic rock must contain at least 80% quartz by volume.<sup id="cite_ref-BGS_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BGS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Quartzite is commonly regarded as metamorphic in origin.<sup id="cite_ref-BlattTracy1996_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlattTracy1996-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-oxford2013_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oxford2013-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When sandstone is subjected to the great heat and pressure associated with regional metamorphism, the individual quartz grains recrystallize along with the former cementing material. Most or all of the original texture and sedimentary structures of the sandstone are erased by the metamorphism.<sup id="cite_ref-EG_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EG-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The recrystallized quartz grains are roughly equal in size, forming what is called a granoblastic texture, and they also show signs of metamorphic annealing, in which the grains become coarser and acquire a more polygonal texture.<sup id="cite_ref-BlattTracy1996_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlattTracy1996-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The grains are so tightly interlocked that when the rock is broken, it fractures through the grains to form an irregular or conchoidal fracture.<sup id="cite_ref-Howard2005_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howard2005-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Geologists had recognized by 1941 that some rocks show the macroscopic characteristics of quartzite, even though they have not undergone metamorphism at high pressure and temperature. These rocks have been subject only to the much lower temperatures and pressures associated with <a href="/wiki/Diagenesis" title="Diagenesis">diagenesis</a> of sedimentary rock, but diagenesis has cemented the rock so thoroughly that microscopic examination is necessary to distinguish it from metamorphic quartize. The term <i>orthoquartzite</i> is used to distinguish such sedimentary rock from <i>metaquartzite</i> produced by metamorphism. By extension, the term <i>orthoquartzite</i> has occasionally been more generally applied to any quartz-cemented <a href="/wiki/Quartz_arenite" title="Quartz arenite">quartz arenite</a>. Orthoquartzite (in the narrow sense) is often 99% SiO<sub>2</sub> with only very minor amounts of iron oxide and trace resistant minerals such as <a href="/wiki/Zircon" title="Zircon">zircon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rutile" title="Rutile">rutile</a> and <a href="/wiki/Magnetite" title="Magnetite">magnetite</a>. Although few <a href="/wiki/Fossil" title="Fossil">fossils</a> are normally present, the original texture and <a href="/wiki/Sedimentary" class="mw-redirect" title="Sedimentary">sedimentary</a> structures are preserved.<sup id="cite_ref-Ireland-1974_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ireland-1974-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-oxford2013_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oxford2013-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The typical distinction between a true orthoquartzite and an ordinary quartz sandstone is that an orthoquartzite is so highly cemented that it will fracture across grains, not around them.<sup id="cite_ref-jackson1997_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jackson1997-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is a distinction that can be recognized in the <a href="/wiki/Field_work" class="mw-redirect" title="Field work">field</a>. In turn, the distinction between an orthoquartzite and a metaquartzite is the onset of recrystallization of existing grains. The dividing line may be placed at the point where strained quartz grains begin to be replaced by new, unstrained, small quartz grains, producing a <i>mortar texture</i> that can be identified in thin sections under a polarizing microscope. With increasing grade of metamorphism, further recrystallization produces <i>foam texture</i>, characterized by polygonal grains meeting at triple junctions, and then <i>porphyroblastic texture</i>, characterized by coarse, irregular grains, including some larger grains (<a href="/wiki/Porphyroblasts" class="mw-redirect" title="Porphyroblasts">porphyroblasts</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Howard2005_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howard2005-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Occurrence">Occurrence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartzite&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Occurrence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Quartzite_Mine_in_Kakwa_Park.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Quartzite_Mine_in_Kakwa_Park.JPG/220px-Quartzite_Mine_in_Kakwa_Park.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Quartzite_Mine_in_Kakwa_Park.JPG/330px-Quartzite_Mine_in_Kakwa_Park.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Quartzite_Mine_in_Kakwa_Park.JPG/440px-Quartzite_Mine_in_Kakwa_Park.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Abandoned quartzite mine in <a href="/wiki/Kakwa_Provincial_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Kakwa Provincial Park">Kakwa Provincial Park</a>, British Columbia, Canada</figcaption></figure> <p>In the United States, formations of quartzite can be found in some parts of Pennsylvania, the Washington DC area, eastern <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a>, Central Texas,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> southwest <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Devil%27s_Lake_State_Park_(Wisconsin)" title="Devil's Lake State Park (Wisconsin)">Devil's Lake State Park</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Baraboo_Range" title="Baraboo Range">Baraboo Range</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Wasatch_Range" title="Wasatch Range">Wasatch Range</a> in <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> near Salt Lake City, Utah and as resistant ridges in the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains" title="Appalachian Mountains">Appalachians</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and other mountain regions. Quartzite is also found in the Morenci Copper Mine in <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town of <a href="/wiki/Quartzsite,_Arizona" title="Quartzsite, Arizona">Quartzsite</a> in western Arizona derives its name from the quartzites in the <a href="/wiki/Maria_fold_and_thrust_belt" title="Maria fold and thrust belt">nearby mountains</a> in both Arizona and Southeastern California. A glassy <i>vitreous quartzite</i> has been described from the <a href="/wiki/Belt_Supergroup" title="Belt Supergroup">Belt Supergroup</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Coeur_d%27Alene,_Idaho" title="Coeur d'Alene, Idaho">Coeur d’Alene district</a> of northern <a href="/wiki/Idaho" title="Idaho">Idaho</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Canada, the <a href="/wiki/La_Cloche_Mountains" title="La Cloche Mountains">La Cloche Mountains</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> are composed primarily of white quartzite. Vast areas of <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> are underlain by quartzite. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Paleoproterozoic" title="Paleoproterozoic">Paleoproterozoic</a> quartzite-<a href="/wiki/Rhyolite" title="Rhyolite">rhyolite</a> successions are common in the <a href="/wiki/Precambrian" title="Precambrian">Precambrian</a> <a href="/wiki/Basement_(geology)" title="Basement (geology)">basement</a> rock of western North America. The quartzites in these successions are interpreted as sedimentary beds deposited atop older <a href="/wiki/Greenstone_belt" title="Greenstone belt">greenstone belts</a>. The quartzite-rhyolite successions may record the formation of <a href="/wiki/Back-arc_basins" class="mw-redirect" title="Back-arc basins">back-arc basins</a> along the margin of <a href="/wiki/Laurentia" title="Laurentia">Laurentia</a>, the ancient core of North America, between episodes of mountain building during the assembly of the continent. The quartzites are often nearly pure quartz, which is puzzling for sediments which must have eroded from igneous rock. Their purity may reflect unusual conditions of chemical weathering, at a time when the Earth's atmosphere was beginning to be oxygenated.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> areas of quartzite are found across the west and northwest, with <a href="/wiki/Errigal" title="Errigal">Errigal</a> in <a href="/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal">County Donegal</a> as the most prominent outcrop. A good example of a quartzite area is on the <a href="/wiki/Corraun_Peninsula" title="Corraun Peninsula">Corraun Peninsula</a> in <a href="/wiki/County_Mayo" title="County Mayo">County Mayo</a>, which has a very thin layer of Irish Atlantic Bog covering it. </p><p>In the United Kingdom, a craggy ridge of quartzite called the <a href="/wiki/Stiperstones" title="Stiperstones">Stiperstones</a> (early <a href="/wiki/Ordovician" title="Ordovician">Ordovician</a> – <a href="/wiki/Arenig" title="Arenig">Arenig Epoch</a>, 500 Ma) runs parallel with the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pontesford-Linley_fault&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pontesford-Linley fault (page does not exist)">Pontesford-Linley fault</a>, 6 km north-west of the <a href="/wiki/Long_Mynd" title="Long Mynd">Long Mynd</a> in south <a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a>. Also to be found in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> are the <a href="/wiki/Cambrian" title="Cambrian">Cambrian</a> "<a href="/wiki/The_Wrekin" title="The Wrekin">Wrekin</a> quartzite" (in Shropshire), and the Cambrian "<a href="/wiki/Hartshill" title="Hartshill">Hartshill</a> quartzite" (<a href="/wiki/Nuneaton" title="Nuneaton">Nuneaton</a> area).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holyhead_Mountain" title="Holyhead Mountain">Holyhead Mountain</a> and most of <a href="/wiki/Holy_Island,_Anglesey" title="Holy Island, Anglesey">Holy island</a> off <a href="/wiki/Anglesey" title="Anglesey">Anglesey</a> sport excellent <a href="/wiki/Precambrian" title="Precambrian">Precambrian</a> quartzite crags and cliffs. In the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Highlands" title="Scottish Highlands">Scottish Highlands</a>, several mountains (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Foinaven" title="Foinaven">Foinaven</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arkle_(Sutherland)" title="Arkle (Sutherland)">Arkle</a>) composed of Cambrian quartzite can be found in the far north-west <a href="/wiki/Moine_Thrust_Belt" title="Moine Thrust Belt">Moine Thrust Belt</a> running in a narrow band from <a href="/wiki/Loch_Eriboll" title="Loch Eriboll">Loch Eriboll</a> in a south-westerly direction to <a href="/wiki/Skye" class="mw-redirect" title="Skye">Skye</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Continental_Europe" title="Continental Europe">continental Europe</a>, various regionally isolated quartzite deposits exist at surface level in a belt from the <a href="/wiki/Rhenish_Massif" title="Rhenish Massif">Rhenish Massif</a> and the German Central Highlands into the Western <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a>, for example in the <a href="/wiki/Taunus" title="Taunus">Taunus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harz" title="Harz">Harz</a> mountains. In Poland, quartzite deposits at surface level exists in <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Awi%C4%99tokrzyskie_Mountains" title="Świętokrzyskie Mountains">Świętokrzyskie Mountains</a>. In Norway, deposits are quarried near <a href="/wiki/Austertana" title="Austertana">Austertana</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is one of the largest quarries in the world at 850,000 tonnes (840,000 long tons; 940,000 short tons) annually, and Mårnes near <a href="/wiki/Sandhorn%C3%B8ya" title="Sandhornøya">Sandhornøya</a> with an output of 150,000 tonnes (150,000 long tons; 170,000 short tons) annually.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Deposits are also quarried in <a href="/wiki/Krager%C3%B8_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Kragerø Municipality">Kragerø Municipality</a>, and several other deposits are known but not actively quarried.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The highest mountain in <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monte_Binga" title="Monte Binga">Monte Binga</a> (2436 m), as well as the rest of the surrounding Chimanimani Plateau are composed of very hard, pale grey, Precambrian quartzite. Quartzite is also mined in Brazil for use in kitchen countertops. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uses">Uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartzite&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tutankhamun_oriental_institute_Chicago.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Tutankhamun_oriental_institute_Chicago.jpg/130px-Tutankhamun_oriental_institute_Chicago.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Tutankhamun_oriental_institute_Chicago.jpg/195px-Tutankhamun_oriental_institute_Chicago.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Tutankhamun_oriental_institute_Chicago.jpg/260px-Tutankhamun_oriental_institute_Chicago.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Quartzite statue of an Egyptian Pharaoh, 14th century BCE<sup id="cite_ref-TutStatue_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TutStatue-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Biface_Stellenbosch_MHNT_PRE_2009.0.195.1_Global_fond.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Biface_Stellenbosch_MHNT_PRE_2009.0.195.1_Global_fond.jpg/220px-Biface_Stellenbosch_MHNT_PRE_2009.0.195.1_Global_fond.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Biface_Stellenbosch_MHNT_PRE_2009.0.195.1_Global_fond.jpg/330px-Biface_Stellenbosch_MHNT_PRE_2009.0.195.1_Global_fond.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Biface_Stellenbosch_MHNT_PRE_2009.0.195.1_Global_fond.jpg/440px-Biface_Stellenbosch_MHNT_PRE_2009.0.195.1_Global_fond.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9500" data-file-height="5200" /></a><figcaption>Quartzite biface <a href="/wiki/Hand_axe" title="Hand axe">hand axe</a> from <a href="/wiki/Stellenbosch" title="Stellenbosch">Stellenbosch</a>, South Africa</figcaption></figure> <p>Quartzite is a decorative stone and may be used to cover walls, as roofing tiles, as flooring, and stairsteps. Its use for countertops in kitchens is expanding rapidly. It is harder and more resistant to stains than granite. Crushed quartzite is sometimes used in road construction.<sup id="cite_ref-MII_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MII-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> High purity quartzite is used to produce <a href="/wiki/Ferrosilicon" title="Ferrosilicon">ferrosilicon</a>, industrial <a href="/wiki/Silica" class="mw-redirect" title="Silica">silica</a> sand, <a href="/wiki/Silicon" title="Silicon">silicon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Silicon_carbide" title="Silicon carbide">silicon carbide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Paleolithic" title="Paleolithic">Paleolithic</a>, quartzite was used, along with <a href="/wiki/Flint" title="Flint">flint</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quartz" title="Quartz">quartz</a>, and other lithic raw materials, for making <a href="/wiki/Stone_tools" class="mw-redirect" title="Stone tools">stone tools</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prehistoric humans in the southeastern United States often made mortars out of quartzite stones.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Safety">Safety</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartzite&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Safety"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As quartzite is a form of silica, it is a possible cause for concern in various workplaces. Cutting, grinding, chipping, sanding, drilling, and polishing natural and manufactured stone products can release hazardous levels of very small, crystalline silica dust particles into the air that workers breathe.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crystalline silica of respirable size is a recognized human <a href="/wiki/Carcinogen" title="Carcinogen">carcinogen</a> and may lead to other diseases of the lungs such as <a href="/wiki/Silicosis" title="Silicosis">silicosis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_fibrosis" title="Pulmonary fibrosis">pulmonary fibrosis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartzite&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term <i>quartzite</i> is derived from <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Quarzit</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartzite&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SwanPeakQuartziteOutcrop.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Swan Peak Quartzite (Ordovician) exposed just north of Tony Grove Lake, Cache County, Utah"><img alt="Swan Peak Quartzite (Ordovician) exposed just north of Tony Grove Lake, Cache County, Utah" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/SwanPeakQuartziteOutcrop.jpg/250px-SwanPeakQuartziteOutcrop.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/SwanPeakQuartziteOutcrop.jpg/330px-SwanPeakQuartziteOutcrop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/SwanPeakQuartziteOutcrop.jpg/500px-SwanPeakQuartziteOutcrop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3916" data-file-height="2076" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Swan Peak Quartzite (<a href="/wiki/Ordovician" title="Ordovician">Ordovician</a>) exposed just north of <a href="/wiki/Tony_Grove_Lake" title="Tony Grove Lake">Tony Grove Lake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cache_County,_Utah" title="Cache County, Utah">Cache County, Utah</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:View_of_Doso_Doyabi_from_Wheeler_Peak.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The quartzite of the Prospect Mountain Formation at the top of Doso Doyabi in White Pine County, Nevada"><img alt="The quartzite of the Prospect Mountain Formation at the top of Doso Doyabi in White Pine County, Nevada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/View_of_Doso_Doyabi_from_Wheeler_Peak.jpg/200px-View_of_Doso_Doyabi_from_Wheeler_Peak.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/View_of_Doso_Doyabi_from_Wheeler_Peak.jpg/300px-View_of_Doso_Doyabi_from_Wheeler_Peak.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/View_of_Doso_Doyabi_from_Wheeler_Peak.jpg/400px-View_of_Doso_Doyabi_from_Wheeler_Peak.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The quartzite of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Prospect_Mountain_Formation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Prospect Mountain Formation (page does not exist)">Prospect Mountain Formation</a> at the top of <a href="/wiki/Doso_Doyabi" class="mw-redirect" title="Doso Doyabi">Doso Doyabi</a> in <a href="/wiki/White_Pine_County,_Nevada" title="White Pine County, Nevada">White Pine County, Nevada</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Normal_view_of_Bo_Quartzite.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Quartzite from Salangen Municipality, Troms county, Norway, showing elongate crystals associated with high strain regimes"><img alt="Quartzite from Salangen Municipality, Troms county, Norway, showing elongate crystals associated with high strain regimes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Normal_view_of_Bo_Quartzite.JPG/200px-Normal_view_of_Bo_Quartzite.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Normal_view_of_Bo_Quartzite.JPG/300px-Normal_view_of_Bo_Quartzite.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Normal_view_of_Bo_Quartzite.JPG/400px-Normal_view_of_Bo_Quartzite.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Quartzite from <a href="/wiki/Salangen_Municipality" title="Salangen Municipality">Salangen Municipality</a>, Troms county, Norway, showing elongate crystals associated with high <a href="/wiki/Deformation_(mechanics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deformation (mechanics)">strain</a> regimes</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thin_section_image_of_quartzie.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Thin section of quartzite from Salangen, Troms county, Norway, showing elongate crystals associated with high strain regimes"><img alt="Thin section of quartzite from Salangen, Troms county, Norway, showing elongate crystals associated with high strain regimes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Thin_section_image_of_quartzie.jpg/250px-Thin_section_image_of_quartzie.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Thin_section_image_of_quartzie.jpg/330px-Thin_section_image_of_quartzie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Thin_section_image_of_quartzie.jpg/500px-Thin_section_image_of_quartzie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1288" data-file-height="966" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Thin_section" title="Thin section">Thin section</a> of quartzite from Salangen, Troms county, Norway, showing elongate crystals associated with high strain regimes</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartzite&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neomorphism" title="Neomorphism">Neomorphism</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartzite&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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title="Dunite">Dunite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essexite" title="Essexite">Essexite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foidolite" title="Foidolite">Foidolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabbro" title="Gabbro">Gabbro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">Granite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granodiorite" title="Granodiorite">Granodiorite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granophyre" title="Granophyre">Granophyre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harzburgite" title="Harzburgite">Harzburgite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornblendite" title="Hornblendite">Hornblendite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyaloclastite" title="Hyaloclastite">Hyaloclastite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandite" title="Icelandite">Icelandite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ignimbrite" title="Ignimbrite">Ignimbrite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ijolite" title="Ijolite">Ijolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimberlite" title="Kimberlite">Kimberlite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komatiite" title="Komatiite">Komatiite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamproite" title="Lamproite">Lamproite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamprophyre" title="Lamprophyre">Lamprophyre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latite" title="Latite">Latite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lherzolite" title="Lherzolite">Lherzolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monzogranite" title="Monzogranite">Monzogranite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monzonite" title="Monzonite">Monzonite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepheline_syenite" title="Nepheline syenite">Nepheline syenite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nephelinite" title="Nephelinite">Nephelinite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norite" title="Norite">Norite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obsidian" title="Obsidian">Obsidian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pegmatite" title="Pegmatite">Pegmatite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peridotite" title="Peridotite">Peridotite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phonolite" title="Phonolite">Phonolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phonotephrite" title="Phonotephrite">Phonotephrite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porphyry_(geology)" title="Porphyry (geology)">Porphyry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumice" title="Pumice">Pumice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyroxenite" title="Pyroxenite">Pyroxenite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quartz_diorite" title="Quartz diorite">Quartz diorite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quartz_monzonite" title="Quartz monzonite">Quartz monzonite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quartzolite" title="Quartzolite">Quartzolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhyodacite" title="Rhyodacite">Rhyodacite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhyolite" title="Rhyolite">Rhyolite</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comendite" title="Comendite">Comendite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantellerite" title="Pantellerite">Pantellerite</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scoria" title="Scoria">Scoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shonkinite" title="Shonkinite">Shonkinite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovite" title="Sovite">Sovite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syenite" title="Syenite">Syenite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tachylyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Tachylyte">Tachylyte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tephriphonolite" title="Tephriphonolite">Tephriphonolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tephrite" title="Tephrite">Tephrite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonalite" title="Tonalite">Tonalite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trachyandesite" title="Trachyandesite">Trachyandesite</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benmoreite" title="Benmoreite">Benmoreite</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trachybasalt" title="Trachybasalt">Trachybasalt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hawaiite" title="Hawaiite">Hawaiite</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trachyte" title="Trachyte">Trachyte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troctolite" title="Troctolite">Troctolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trondhjemite" title="Trondhjemite">Trondhjemite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuff" title="Tuff">Tuff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Websterite" title="Websterite">Websterite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wehrlite" title="Wehrlite">Wehrlite</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_rock" title="Sedimentary rock">Sedimentary rock</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argillite" title="Argillite">Argillite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkose" title="Arkose">Arkose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banded_iron_formation" title="Banded iron formation">Banded iron formation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breccia" title="Breccia">Breccia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcarenite" title="Calcarenite">Calcarenite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalk" title="Chalk">Chalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chert" title="Chert">Chert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claystone" class="mw-redirect" title="Claystone">Claystone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">Coal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conglomerate_(geology)" title="Conglomerate (geology)">Conglomerate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coquina" title="Coquina">Coquina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamictite" title="Diamictite">Diamictite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diatomite" class="mw-redirect" title="Diatomite">Diatomite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolomite_(rock)" title="Dolomite (rock)">Dolomite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evaporite" title="Evaporite">Evaporite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flint" title="Flint">Flint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geyserite" title="Geyserite">Geyserite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greywacke" title="Greywacke">Greywacke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gritstone" title="Gritstone">Gritstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itacolumite" title="Itacolumite">Itacolumite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaspillite" title="Jaspillite">Jaspillite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laterite" title="Laterite">Laterite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lignite" title="Lignite">Lignite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">Limestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumachelle" title="Lumachelle">Lumachelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marl" title="Marl">Marl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudstone" title="Mudstone">Mudstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oil_shale" title="Oil shale">Oil shale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oolite" title="Oolite">Oolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phosphorite" title="Phosphorite">Phosphorite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">Sandstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shale" title="Shale">Shale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siltstone" title="Siltstone">Siltstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvinite" title="Sylvinite">Sylvinite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tillite" class="mw-redirect" title="Tillite">Tillite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travertine" title="Travertine">Travertine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tufa" title="Tufa">Tufa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turbidite" title="Turbidite">Turbidite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varve" title="Varve">Varve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wackestone" title="Wackestone">Wackestone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Metamorphic_rock" title="Metamorphic rock">Metamorphic rock</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthracite" title="Anthracite">Anthracite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amphibolite" title="Amphibolite">Amphibolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blueschist" title="Blueschist">Blueschist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cataclasite" title="Cataclasite">Cataclasite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eclogite" title="Eclogite">Eclogite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gneiss" title="Gneiss">Gneiss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granulite" title="Granulite">Granulite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenschist" title="Greenschist">Greenschist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornfels" title="Hornfels">Hornfels</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calcflinta" title="Calcflinta">Calcflinta</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itabirite" title="Itabirite">Itabirite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litchfieldite" title="Litchfieldite">Litchfieldite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marble" title="Marble">Marble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Migmatite" title="Migmatite">Migmatite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mylonite" title="Mylonite">Mylonite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metapelite" class="mw-redirect" title="Metapelite">Metapelite</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metapsammite&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Metapsammite (page does not exist)">Metapsammite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phyllite" title="Phyllite">Phyllite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudotachylite" class="mw-redirect" title="Pseudotachylite">Pseudotachylite</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Quartzite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schist" title="Schist">Schist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpentinite" title="Serpentinite">Serpentinite</a></li> <li><a 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