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Quartzite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A rock formed from the metamorphism of quartz sandstone.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. a metamorphic rock consisting of interlocking grains of quartz

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Massive quartz occurring as a rock; a metamorphosed sandstone; -- called also quartz rock.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A rock composed essentially of the mineral quartz.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals

Word Usage

"Richard Davis, who is applying for mining rights, says he intends to turn the canyon into a quarry, but Dr. Bart Kowallis, a professor in the Department of Geology, said the only rock to mine there is quartzite, which is extremely common in Utah."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

stone rock

Cross Reference

parting quartzite ignacio quartzite hartshill quartzite malvern quartzite wrekin quartzite

Variant

quartz rock

Same Context

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