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Round quartzitic boulder; one side flat, the other with a small cavity.

From Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 by Stevenson, James

The samples have been assayed with the following results: Numbers one to five, quartzitic with bare traces of brittle silver ore; no good.

From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.

In Hesse and Thuringia, a quartzitic sandstone prevails in the lower part.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

Axe of quartzitic rock, flat and thin; grooved.

From Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 by Stevenson, James