quartzose
Americanadjective
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The sand is quartzose, of a white colour, and being a novelty, rendered the place interesting.
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Another remarkable feature in Aran is the enormous amount of fine quartzose—moving sands which, blown in thick clouds by the winds, fill the nooks and corners and crevices of the islands.
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In addition, lead-bearing veins now and then crop up, the crystals of galena being disseminated through masses of fluor-spar, calc-spar, limestone and clay, which fill fissures between tilted walls of limestone and hard quartzose sandstone.
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A low, sandy beach marks the termination of the valley northwards, and on this beach were found numerous pebbles, washed from the hills of the interior, composed of quartzose sandstone, carnelian, and Silurian limestone.
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The going is often excessively rugged and wearisome, owing to the loose detritus of heavy, angular quartzose blocks.
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