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2. Baraboo Quartzite - Wikipedia

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   A Baraboo Quartzite sample, in breccia form. The brecciated purple portions are quartzite, and the matrix is white quartz A sample of Baraboo Quartzite.. Baraboo Quartzite is a Precambrian geological formation [1] of quartzite, found in the region of Baraboo, Wisconsin.

3. List of rock types - Wikipedia

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   Epidosite – Hydrothermally altered epidote- and quartz-bearing rock; Felsite – Very fine-grained volcanic rock that sometimes contains larger crystals; Flint – Cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz; Ganister – Hard, fine-grained quartzose sandstone, or orthoquartzite; Gossan – Intensely oxidized, weathered or decomposed rock

4. Herkimer diamond - Wikipedia

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   Herkimer diamonds are double-terminated quartz crystals discovered within exposed outcrops of dolomite in and around Herkimer County, New York, and the Mohawk River Valley in the US. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are not diamonds ; the "diamond" in their name is due to both their clarity and well-formed faces.

5. Thin section - Wikipedia

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   In thin section, quartz grain provenance in a sedimentary rock can be estimated. In crossed polarized light, the quartz grain can go extinct all at once, called monocrystalline quartz, or in waves, called polycrystalline quartz. The extinction in waves is called undulose extinction and indicates dislocation walls in mineral grains. Dislocation ...

6. Quartz - Wikipedia

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   Quartz is, therefore, classified structurally as a framework silicate mineral and compositionally as an oxide mineral. Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in Earth's continental crust, behind feldspar. [9] Quartz exists in two forms, the normal α-quartz and the high-temperature β-quartz, both of which are chiral. The transformation ...

7. Spruce Pine Mining District - Wikipedia

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   Spruce Pine district is one of the largest suppliers of high-purity quartz, which is used in the manufacture of silicon for integrated circuits. [2] The district is named after the town of Spruce Pine , which is located in the middle of the region and is the hub of major mining activity there.