quartzite
Americannoun
noun
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a very hard metamorphic rock consisting of a mosaic of intergrown quartz crystals
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a white or grey sandstone composed of quartz
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The process to make solar wafers starts with polysilicon, an ultrapure substance made from quartzite.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
Thorne can also be seen on Instagram playing bartender in her designer kitchen, which features a dazzling Madre Perla quartzite island, a Wolf range, a Sub-Zero refrigerator, and dual dishwashers.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2025
Here, Hublin's team uncovered chips from flint tools and a quartzite flake consistent with the LRJ technocomplex.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024
What remains of the Guadalperal complex is a ring of quartzite, 117 feet in diameter, surrounding 144 jagged granite standing stones, many of which are no longer standing.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
Ranofer, scrubbing away with sandstone at a chunk of quartzite, dared not glance around when Gebu paused beside a half-finished stone coffin only a few feet away from him.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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