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quartzite [Brit ˈkwɔːtsʌɪt, Am ˈkwɔrtsaɪt] N

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Rainfall is around 600 mm per year, soils are a sandy red clay, derived from a re-crystallised quartzite-ferruginous sandstone. en.wikipedia.org

Above the village is a big quartzite stripmine. en.wikipedia.org

Some of the quartzite contains fossilized worm burrows and is known as "pipe rock". en.wikipedia.org

This brown quartzite statue was one of a series of near-identical statues that flanked the west side of a colonnaded courtyard. en.wikipedia.org

The relief in this region is influenced by hard quartzite depoists near the border region, making erosion difficult, resulting in high escarpments and cliffs. en.wikipedia.org

The underlying rock is acidic and sedimentary or metasedimentary (e.g., quartzites, sandstones and shales). en.wikipedia.org

The base of the cliffs consists of an accumulation of quartzite blocks covered by mosses and algae. en.wikipedia.org

Second, the lower middle member is composed of purple cross-bedded quartzite, sometimes is subdivided into two units, and overlies the lower member. en.wikipedia.org

Differential erosion of resistant layers of quartzite has created high-relief circular cuestas. en.wikipedia.org

The tunnel was driven through granite, quartzite, gneiss, and shale as well as layers of sandstone, coal, and limestone. en.wikipedia.org

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