
Quartzite Metamorphic Rock

It is composed primarily of quartz.

It is a very hard, sugary textured rock that consists of interlocking quartz

This is a quartzite. In a sedimentary rock, the grains would still be whole

larger photo, Close-up view of quartzite; rock hammer for scale.
Quartzite Prolith: sandstone. Temperature: high. Grain Size: medium.

Quartzite is a tough stone composed mostly of quartz.

Trail to Silver Peak - fractured quartzite rock and cairn

Quartzite forms from the recrystallization of silica found in sandstone.

6 cm quartz variety rock crystal from Brazil.

Not really a mineral but a rock. This crimson red quartzite is quarried

Transparent "rock crystal" quartz. This specimen shows the conchoidal

Quartz (crystalline) (SiO2) is an abundant rock-forming mineral.

Glacial pavement on quartzite from Red Rock Ridge, southern Minnesota.

We came across an area that has these wonderful quartz rocks.

PHANTOM QUARTZ , ROCK CRYSTAL, ROSE QUARTZ, RUTILATED QUARTZ and SMOKY

This example of quartzite is from Warm Springs, Georgia where a stressed

Clear Quartz is also known as Crystal Quartz or Rock Crystal.

A horn cut out of Prospect Mountain quartzite rock.

We came across an area that has these wonderful quartz rocks.
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