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quartzite definition

quartz·ite (kwôrt′sīt′)

noun

  1. a very hard, metamorphic sandstone so firmly cemented that breakage occurs through grains rather than between them
  2. any sandstone tightly cemented with quartz

Etymology: quartz + -ite

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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