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The city of Chewelah in Lewis County is served by Chewelah School District No. 36. As of the 2022-23 school year the district has an enrollment of 797 students and three schools: Gess Elementary; Jenkins Junior/Senior High; Quartzite Learning — grades K-12; References: Chewelah School District No. 36; District Report Card
Chewelah (/ tʃ ə ˈ w iː l ə / chə-WEE-lə) is a city in Stevens County, Washington, United States. It is located approximately 45 mi (72 km) northwest of Spokane . The population was 2,470 at the 2020 census .
This category contains the geologic formations with a quartzite lithology. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. C. Quartzite caves (5 P)
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.
Quartzolite or silexite is an intrusive igneous rock, in which the mineral quartz is more than 90% of the rock's felsic mineral content, with feldspar at up to 10%. [ 1 ] : 135 [ 2 ] Typically, quartz forms more than 60% of the rock, [ 3 ] the rest being mostly feldspar although minor amounts of mica or amphibole may also be present. [ 2 ]
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Aug. 18—CHEWELAH — A fire destroyed Chewelah's downtown hardware store overnight Thursday, gutting a historic town fixture designed by renowned architect Kirtland Cutter. Sety's Ace Hardware ...
Cliff-forming quartzite, the principle part of the Eureka, is composed of more than 99 percent quartz, which includes both the sand grains and the cement that binds them. [6] The quartz cement accounts for its outstanding hardness and resistance to erosion. Minor constituents are grains of zircon and tourmaline and a trace of feldspar. [6]