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  2. Quartzite - Wikipedia

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    Quartzite statue of an Egyptian Pharaoh, 14th century BCE [22] Quartzite biface hand axe from Stellenbosch, South Africa. Quartzite is a decorative stone and may be used to cover walls, as roofing tiles, as flooring, and stairsteps. Its use for countertops in kitchens is expanding rapidly. It is harder and more resistant to stains than granite.

  3. Sioux Quartzite - Wikipedia

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    Sioux Quartzite at Falls Park, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Cross-bedding in the Sioux Quartzite, Blue Mounds State Park, Minnesota, United States.. The Sioux Quartzite is a Proterozoic quartzite that is found in the region around the intersection of Minnesota, South Dakota, and Iowa, and correlates with other rock units throughout the upper midwestern and southwestern United States.

  4. List of quarries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    According to Marble.com, in 2016 there were 276 quarries producing natural stone in 34 states, and states producing the most granite were Texas, Massachusetts, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Georgia. [1] The term "quarry" refers also to sites producing aggregate, molding sand, or other resources besides cut stone.

  5. Aventurine - Wikipedia

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    Aventurine. Aventurine is used for a number of applications, including landscape stone, building stone, aquaria, monuments, and jewelry. Aventurine is a form of quartzite, characterised by its translucency and the presence of platy mineral inclusions that give it a shimmering or glistening effect termed aventurescence.

  6. Quartz - Wikipedia

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    Quartz. Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide). The atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO 4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical formula of SiO 2. Quartz is, therefore, classified structurally as a framework silicate mineral ...

  7. Shoksha quartzite - Wikipedia

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    Shoksha quartzite, Shoksha porphyry, or crimson quartzite ( Russian: малиновый кварцит, literally "raspberry quartzite") is quartzose sandstone of deep red color variously described as purple or crimson resembling true porphyry. [1] It is named after Shoksha, Karelia [ ru], a village in Prionezhsky District, Karelia, Russia ...

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