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Hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock
Quartzite is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock that was originally pure quartz sandstone. Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and
Quartzite
Mountain in Nevada, United States
Quartzite Mountain is a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada. The elevation is 7,762 feet (2,366 m). Quartzite Mountain was named for nearby quartzite deposits
Quartzite_Mountain
Decorative stone mineral
483; 35.033 Shoksha quartzite, Shoksha porphyry, or crimson quartzite (Russian: малиновый кварцит, literally "raspberry quartzite") is quartzose sandstone
Shoksha_quartzite
Mountain in San Bernardino County, California
Quartzite Mountain, also known as Quartzite Peak, is a mountain that is located in San Bernardino County in the US state of California. The mountain has
Quartzite Mountain (California)
Quartzite_Mountain_(California)
Geologic formation in the Mojave Desert
The Stirling Quartzite is a geologic formation in the northern Mojave Desert of Inyo County, California and Nye County and Clark County, Nevada. It can
Stirling_Quartzite
Mountain ranges of Victoria Land
The East Quartzite Range (72°0′S 165°5′E / 72.000°S 165.083°E / -72.000; 165.083 (East Quartzite Range)) is a mountain range, 12 nautical miles (22 km;
East_Quartzite_Range
Precambrian geological formation in Wisconsin
Baraboo Quartzite is a Precambrian geological formation of quartzite, found in the region of Baraboo, Wisconsin. While pure quartzite is usually white
Baraboo_Quartzite
Alpine lake in the state of Idaho
Quartzite Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located in the White Cloud Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area
Quartzite_Lake
Type of quartzite rock
The Sioux Quartzite is a Proterozoic quartzite that is found in the region around the intersection of Minnesota, South Dakota, and Iowa, and correlates
Sioux_Quartzite
Hauki quartzite (Swedish: Haukikvartsiten) is a rock unit of quartz arenite found in northernmost Sweden. More arkosic parts are of reddish colour but
Hauki_quartzite
Mountain ranges of Victoria Land
West Quartzite Range (72°0′S 164°45′E / 72.000°S 164.750°E / -72.000; 164.750 (West Quartzite Range)) is a range, the western of two parallel quartzite
West_Quartzite_Range
Geologic formation in South Australia
The Rawnsley Quartzite is an Ediacaran geologic formation in South Australia. It is most well known for its preservation of organisms of the Ediacaran
Rawnsley_Quartzite
Trackbed upon which railway ties are laid
Track ballast is the material which forms the trackbed upon which railroad ties (UK: sleepers) are laid. The term "ballast" comes from a nautical term
Track_ballast
Cambrian Period geologic formation in Inyo County, California and Nye County, Nevada
The Zabriskie Quartzite is a Cambrian Period geologic formation of the northern Mojave Desert, in Inyo County, California and Nye County, Nevada. It is
Zabriskie_Quartzite
Geologic formation in New Mexico, US
The Sais Quartzite is a geologic formation exposed in the Los Pinos Mountains of central New Mexico. The formation consists of up to 600 feet (180 m)
Sais_Quartzite
Intertidal elongated landform in Ireland
Saint Patrick threw into the Celtic Sea, though the Forth Mountain is quartzite while St Patrick's Rock is granite. The Geological Survey of Ireland considers
St_Patrick's_Bridge
Town in La Paz County, Arizona, US
confirmed that Quartz is fictionalized version of the real town of "Quartzite" [sic]. William Hogan's 1981 coming-of-age novel The Quartzsite Trip is
Quartzsite,_Arizona
Scottish rock formation
It is composed of Quartzite, a metamorphic rock which was originally quartz sandstone. This rock is part of the Cullen Quartzite formation which is seen
Bow_Fiddle_Rock
Type of sedimentary rock
and petroleum reservoirs. Quartz-bearing sandstone can be changed into quartzite through metamorphism, usually related to tectonic compression within orogenic
Sandstone
Green quartz variety
Aventurine is a form of quartzite, characterised by its translucency and the presence of platy mineral inclusions that give it a shimmering or glistening
Aventurine
Geologic formation in Utah, United States
Watson Ranch Quartzite is a geologic formation in Utah. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period. The namesake of the quartzite is the homestead
Watson_Ranch_Quartzite
Geological Formation in Vermont, USA
Monkton Quartzite is a geologic formation in Vermont. It preserves fossils dating back to the middle of the Cambrian period. The Monkton Quartzite consists
Monkton_Quartzite
United States historic place
Romanesque hotel was built with light pink jasper quartzite as opposed to the red Sioux quartzite used in most other downtown buildings. The present
Calumet Hotel (Pipestone, Minnesota)
Calumet_Hotel_(Pipestone,_Minnesota)
Glacial erratic in Alberta, Canada
distinctive quartzite and pebbly quartzite glacial erratics between 30 cm (1 ft) and 41 m (135 ft) in length. This linear scatter of distinctive quartzite glacial
Okotoks_Erratic
Place in Andhra Pradesh, India
Quartzite' in the Chitravati Group part of Cuddapah Supergroup. The Chitravati Group consists of three formation rank units: the Pulivendla Quartzite;
Gandikota
Extinct organism from the late Ediacaran period
aged rocks in the Heavitree Quartzite. Fossil specimens of Obamus were found in the Ediacara Member of the Rawnsley Quartzite, in Nilpena Ediacara National
Obamus
Rock that was subjected to heat and pressure
of metamorphic rocks are gneiss, slate, marble, schist, and quartzite. Slate and quartzite tiles are used in building construction. Marble is also prized
Metamorphic_rock
Mountain in Virginia, United States
Willis Mountain is well known as the site of a large deposit of kyanite quartzite that has been actively mined for kyanite for decades. This deposit is
Willis_Mountain
The Eureka Quartzite is an extensive Paleozoic marine sandstone deposit in western North America that is notable for its great extent, extreme purity
Eureka_Quartzite
Bedrock unit in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, US
The Cambrian Hardyston Formation or Hardyston Quartzite is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. It was originally described by Wolff
Hardyston_Quartzite
Landform in the Grand Canyon, Arizona
slopes are deposited upon the cliff-forming unit of Shinumo Quartzite. The Shinumo Quartzite forms the cliff-base of Isis Temple, with highly erodable units
Isis_Temple
Mountain range in Wisconsin, United States
shallow sea 1.7 billion years ago. This sediment was metamorphized into quartzite, deformed, then uplifted. These outcrops may have been islands when the
Baraboo_Range
Mountain range in South Africa
Limpopo and Mpumalanga Drakensberg are capped by an erosion resistant quartzite layer that is part of the Transvaal Supergroup, which also forms the Magaliesberg
Drakensberg
Mountain in the state of Utah
Sedimentary strata of the Ely Springs Dolomite, Eureka Quartzite, Crystal Peak Dolomite, Watson Ranch Quartzite, and the highly fossiliferous upper Pogonip Group
Fossil_Mountain_(Utah)
Piece of quartzite
Howard's Rock is a large piece of quartzite that is displayed in Clemson University's Memorial Stadium. The rock is the center of a longstanding tradition
Howard's_Rock
Assembly of magmatic and sedimentary rocks that date to the Mesoproterozoic
mudrocks are commonly classified as argillites and the sandstones as quartzites. The Belt Supergroup also includes lesser amounts of coarser grained sandstones
Belt_Supergroup
Geologic formation in New Mexico, US
The White Ridge Quartzite is a geologic formation in central New Mexico. It has a maximum age of 1650 million years (Ma), corresponding to the Statherian
White_Ridge_Quartzite
Repository for the remains of Napoleon in Paris
Encyclopædia Britannica as of mid-2021, but is actually a purple Shoksha quartzite mined in Russian Karelia.[citation needed] The sarcophagus rests upon
Napoleon's_tomb
Mesoproterozoic rock formation in the Grand Canyon, Arizona
The Shinumo Quartzite also known as the Shinumo Sandstone is a Mesoproterozoic rock formation, which outcrops in the eastern Grand Canyon, Coconino County
Shinumo_Quartzite
redirect targets – A glass formed by melting within a fault via friction Quartzite – Hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock – A metamorphosed sandstone typically
List_of_rock_types
United States historic place
The Magothy Quartzite Quarry Archeological Site is an archaeological site near Pasadena in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The site consists of several
Magothy Quartzite Quarry Archeological Site
Magothy_Quartzite_Quarry_Archeological_Site
Piece of quartzite resembling a human form
Bednarik. The object is a 6 cm long, 2.6 cm wide, and 1.2 cm thick, 10 gram quartzite. It was discovered in 1999 during an archaeological survey by Lutz Fiedler
Venus_of_Tan-Tan
Highest point in Alabama, United States
composed of weakly metamorphosed sandstones and conglomerates of the Cheaha quartzite, of Silurian / Devonian age, and stands high topographically due to the
Cheaha_Mountain
Restaurant in South Dakota, United States
Sioux quartzite buildings remaining in the Sioux Falls Downtown Historic District. The historical and geological significance of Sioux quartzite is formally
Parkers_Bistro
Mountain ranges in Victoria Land, Antarctica
Everett Range, Mirabito Range, King Range, Leitch Massif, East Quartzite Range and West Quartzite Range. They are north of the Admiralty Mountains, northeast
Concord_Mountains
Scenic and historic site in Hunan Province, China
South Central China's Hunan Province. It is noted for more than 3,000 quartzite sandstone pillars and peaks across most of the site, many over 200 metres
Wulingyuan
Succession of sedimentary rocks in Zambia
and consists of four stratigraphic units, the Lower Quartzite, the Lower Shale, the Upper Quartzite, and the Upper Shale. The group extends into Tanzania
Mporokoso_Group
Range of hills in Worcestershire
mudstones from the Tremadocian stage of the Ordovician Lickey Quartzite - an Ordovician quartzite with thin beds of mudstone and possibly tuff Rubery sandstone
Lickey_Hills
Two Ancient Egyptian statues near Luxor
panels depict the Nile god Hapi. The statues are made from blocks of quartzite sandstone which was quarried at el-Gabal el-Ahmar (near modern-day Cairo)
Colossi_of_Memnon
Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III
usurped by Horemheb who removed all inscriptions and images of Ay. A large Quartzite statue of a Pharaoh that was usurped to represent Horemheb was excavated
Medinet_Habu
Appin Quartzite Formation Ballachulish Slate Formation Ballachulish Limestone Formation Lochaber Subgroup Leven Schist Formation Glencoe Quartzite Formation
Appin_Group
Water gap carved by the Saar River in Germany
the Saar at Mettlach, is a water gap carved by the Saar River through a quartzite layer and today one of the most well-known tourist attractions of the
Saarschleife
Aspect of Egyptian economy
materials known from this site are: Red and brown silicified sandstone or quartzite Some of the monuments known to come from this site are: The Colossi of
Stone quarries of ancient Egypt
Stone_quarries_of_ancient_Egypt
United States historic place
Wisconsin. The rock is a geologically significant outcropping of Baraboo Quartzite. It serves as a monument to Charles Van Hise, a prominent Wisconsin geologist
Van_Hise_Rock
Type of metamorphosed mudstone
mudstone), usually brownish-red in color, which occurs in a matrix of Sioux Quartzite. Because it is fine-grained and easily worked, it is prized by Native
Catlinite
Precambrian geological formation in northeast South America
metavolcanics (greenstones) overlain by sub-horizontal layers of sandstones, quartzites, shales and conglomerates intruded by sills of younger mafic intrusives
Guiana_Shield
Bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia, US
Tuscarora Formation — also known as Tuscarora Sandstone or Tuscarora Quartzite — is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and
Tuscarora_Sandstone
State park in South Dakota, United States
States, featuring cliffs and rock formations eroded out of pink Sioux Quartzite. The park is located just south of Garretson, 10 miles (16 km) off Interstate
Palisades_State_Park
Ediacaran geologic formation found in Sonora, Mexico
formation composed of 210 m (690 ft) of Ediacaran siltstone, sandstone, quartzite, conglomerate, and minor dolomite. It is exposed in thw area of Cerro
Clemente_Formation
Part of the valley of the North Toe River in North Carolina, US
about five percent of the rock units within the district are composed of quartzite. Major minerals include hornblende, quartz, plagioclase, and andesine
Spruce_Pine_Mining_District
Colorful conglomerate rock
pebbles. Lorrian quartzite, consisting a lower level of red quartzite, a middle red jasper conglomerate, and the upper level of white quartzite, each of equal
Puddingstone_(rock)
River in Minnesota, United States
Sioux Quartzite, a hard red rock widely found in the area. A nearby bridge, Split Rock Creek Bridge, was also built by the WPA of Sioux quartzite in 1938
Split_Rock_Creek_State_Park
facies pelitic gneiss and interbanded pelite, semi-pelite, psammite, quartzite and migmatites, lies tectonically above the Sgùrr Beag Thrust and below
Loch_Ness_Supergroup
Hill in the county of Shropshire, England
(Welsh: Carneddau Teon) is a distinctive hill in Shropshire, England. The quartzite rock of the ridge formed some 480 million years ago. During the last Ice
Stiperstones
Evolutionary process
H. ergaster (or erectus) made large stone hand axes out of flint and quartzite, at first quite rough (Early Acheulian), later "retouched" by additional
Human_evolution
Capital of Alberta, Canada
including fish, medicine, and materials for tool making, such as chert or quartzite, which are abundant in the area around the modern city and which can be
Edmonton
Historic district in Wisconsin, United States
Wisconsin where American Indians quarried quartzite for stone tools. Tools made from Silver Mound's quartzite have been found as far away as Kentucky.
Silver Mound Archeological District
Silver_Mound_Archeological_District
Geological feature along the Delaware River
River slowly cut its path down through the shattered and cracked quartzite. If the quartzite had not been cracked, the river would not have been able to cut
Delaware_Water_Gap
Archaeological site in California, United States
Hospital Rock is a large quartzite rock in Sequoia National Park, located just off of the Generals Highway, on the Middle Fork of the Kaweah River. Hospital
Hospital Rock (Three Rivers, California)
Hospital_Rock_(Three_Rivers,_California)
far northwest Iowa where Precambrian Sioux quartzite bedrock is found in northwest Lyon County. Sioux quartzite is a very hard rock of ruddy pink color used
Geography_of_Iowa
U.S. state
The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park
Nevada
Australian archaeogical site
production of stone tools, with the most common materials used being quartzite, chert, and quartz. The use of bipolar anvilling, a method for fracturing
Bone_Cave_(Tasmania)
Bergland Group, Bessemer Quartzite, Jacobsville Sandstone, Oronto Group, Powder Mill Group Wisconsin Bergland Group, Bessemer Quartzite, Oronto Group, Powder
Keweenawan_Supergroup
Circular geological feature in the Sahara desert
structure dip outward at 10–20°. Differential erosion of resistant layers of quartzite has created high-relief circular cuestas. Its center consists of a siliceous
Richat_Structure
Geologic formation in Arizona, US
The Mazatzal Group consists mostly of fine-grained light-brown to gray quartzite which often shows cross-bedding; metaconglomerate containing clasts up
Mazatzal_Group
Topography from dissolved soluble rocks
evidence that karst may occur in more weathering-resistant rocks such as quartzite given the right conditions. Subterranean drainage may limit surface water
Karst
Mountain
from blocks of quartzite sandstone suspected to be quarried at El-Gabal el-Ahmar. Typical minerals known from this site: Celestine, Quartzite or red sandstone
El-Gabal_el-Ahmar
Group of glacial erratic rocks in Canada
scatter of thousands of typically angular boulders of distinctive quartzite and pebbly quartzite that lie on the surface of a generally north-south strip of
Foothills_Erratics_Train
Rock formation in Wisconsin
feature of the park, it is a popular spot for climbing and photographs. The quartzite rocks that make up Devil's Doorway form a doorway-shaped natural rock
Devil's_Doorway_(Wisconsin)
Luxury resort hotel in Saint Barthélemy
resort in Saint Barthélemy in the Caribbean, jutting out on a craggy quartzite bluff overlooking the Baie de Saint Jean on the central north coast. The
Eden_Rock,_St_Barths
Range of hills in Western Australia
Quartz-pebble metaconglomerate (Jack Hills Quartzite), the rock type that contains Earth's oldest dated mineral grains (detrital zircon)
Jack_Hills
Island in the Great Salt Lake, Utah, United States
present at the north tip and along a portion of the northeast shore. The quartzite ledge on the southern part of the island is Devonian in age. The remaining
Stansbury_Island
Variety of quartzite
western United States. It is more properly known as Rocky Mountain quartzite or Idaho quartzite, a metamorphic rock. The stone is quarried south of the city
Oakley_stone
State in Northeast India
natural gas, coal, limestone and other minor minerals such as magnetic quartzite, kaolin, sillimanites, clay and feldspar. A small quantity of iron ore
Assam
Rock formation in West Virginia, U.S.
prominent outcroppings of the erosion-resistant white/gray Tuscarora quartzite, including nearby Champe Rocks. The Anticline is a gigantic upward bulge
Seneca_Rocks
Processing and production of raw materials for the steel industry
Petrovskyi and Artyomovskyi open-pit quartzite fields, and from Ordzhonikidze underground mine. Industrial quartzite resources are 51, 146, 159 and 106
Central Iron Ore Enrichment Works
Central_Iron_Ore_Enrichment_Works
Mountain range in Greenland
Upper Silurian, with low-grade marbles, psammites, sandstone, shales, quartzite and mudstones. H.P. Trettin (ed.), Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and
Roosevelt_Range
micaceous quartzite and an upper quartzite member. The conglomerate is a medium to dark gray quartz pebble metaconglomerate with minor quartzite beds, interpreted
Big_Rock_Formation
State park in Wisconsin, United States
searching for gold without success. In 1893, Jacob Kolter began quarrying quartzite on the mountain's west side for sandpaper production. This effort led
Rib_Mountain_State_Park
Shrubland and heathland ecoregion of southwestern South Africa
1) Boland Granite Fynbos (FFg 2) Breede Alluvium Fynbos (FFa 2) Breede Quartzite Fynbos (FFq 4) Breede Sand Fynbos (FFd 8) Breede Shale Fynbos (FFh 4)
Fynbos
Mountain in New Hampshire, US
The mountain is largely composed of 400-million-year-old schist and quartzite rock primarily associated with the Devonian Littleton Formation, which
Mount_Monadnock
Sculpture by Eino at Kennesaw State University
Spaceship Earth was a 350,000-pound Brazilian blue quartzite sculpture created by Finnish American artist Eino Romppanen, Eino. The sculpture was commissioned
Spaceship_Earth_(sculpture)
Brickworks in Anglesey, Wales
now disused Victorian brickworks which produced fire bricks, made from quartzite (silica) used to line steel-making furnaces. The substantial remains include
Porth_Wen_Brickworks
Mountain in Ontario, Canada
Ontario, Canada. The mountain and nearby hilltops are composed of eroded quartzite with stretches of granite to the south. The peak is a remnant of an ancient
Silver_Peak_(Ontario)
Ceremonial smoking pipe, used by Indigenous peoples of North America
claystone typically excavated from beds occurring between hard Sioux Quartzite layers below groundwater level, as the stone erodes rapidly when exposed
Ceremonial_pipe
Mineral made of silicon and oxygen
as sandstone and shale. It is a common constituent of schist, gneiss, quartzite and other metamorphic rocks. Quartz has the lowest potential for weathering
Quartz
Mountain in County Wicklow, Ireland
erosion-resistant metamorphosed deep-sea sedimentary deposit from which its quartzite composition was derived. According to Irish academic Paul Tempan, the
Great_Sugar_Loaf
Mountain ridge in Maryland and Pennsylvania, United States
Wills Mountain is a quartzite-capped ridge in the Ridge and Valley physiographic province of the Appalachian Mountains in Pennsylvania and Maryland, extending
Wills_Mountain
Species of shrub
endemic to northern KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, where it grows on quartzite outcrops at 700–1,150 m (2,300–3,770 ft) in altitude in the Louwsburg
Thorncroftia_greenii
Sandstone with quartz
Quartz arenite makes up the Prospect Mountain Quartzite on top of Doso Doyabi, Nevada
Quartz_arenite
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