Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to quartzite or quartz; consisting of quartzite *** quartz.
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- adjective Of, relating to, or containing
quartzite .
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Examples
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The highest ranges of the Cape Fold Belt, reaching over 2,000 m high, are formed of the rugged highly sculptured Table Mountain and Witteberg Groups of barren quartzitic sandstone intermixed with Bokkeveld Group shales and overlying the sometimes exposed eroded Cape Granite.
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Most of this granitic basement was overlain with many layers of sand that were subsequently compressed and cemented together to a thickness of several thousand meters to form quartzitic and sandstone rocks.
Tepuis 2008
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The Cape Floristic Region overlies the Cape Supergroup, a Devonian-Ordovician series of sedimentary strata, where alternating quartzitic sandstones such as Table Mountain and the Witteberg Groups alternate with fine-grained shales, as seen in the Bokkeveld Group.
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Due to erosion the quartzitic sandstone fold mountains that characterize this ecoregion do not reach exceptional heights.
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The Cape Floristic Region is more-or-less coincident geologically with the Cape Supergroup, a Devonian-Ordovician series of sedimentary strata, consisting of alternating layers of quartzitic sandstones (the Table Mountain and Witteberg Groups) and fine-grained shales (Bokkeveld Group).
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The ancient Brazilian shield underlying the forest presents a gently undulating plain framed by scenic quartzitic ridges and mountains of Precambrian origin aligned in a generally NW to SE direction.
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The upland terraces and mountains of the Guayana Shield are remnants of highly weathered and ancient parent material consisting mostly of quartzitic or sandstone rocks, although granitic rock types persist in some areas.
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The geologic makeup of the White Mountains is of quartzitic sandstone and granite bedrock.
Briffa: Large-Scale Decline in Ring Widths « Climate Audit 2006
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Grindstones can easily be made locally from 20 litres of good quality cement and 50 litres of quartzitic sand with 1 mm or smaller particle size.
Chapter 3 1989
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Hesse and Thuringia, a quartzitic sandstone prevails in the lower part.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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