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  2. Quartzite - Wikipedia

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    Quartzite can have a grainy, glassy, sandpaper-like surface. Quartzite is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone. [1] [2] Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to tectonic compression within orogenic belts.

  3. List of sandstones - Wikipedia

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    Bäch Sandstone: by the Lake Zürich; Bern Sandstone: quarry sites near Bern in Ostermundigen, Krauchthal and by the Gurten; Bollingen Sandstone (also Buchberg Sandstone, Uznaberg Sandstone, Bollinger-Lehholz Sandstone and Güntliweid Sandstone): Rapperswil-Jona by the Upper Lake Zürich; Grès à cailloux roulés: near Avenches; Grès de ...

  4. Lithology - Wikipedia

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    These are used to determine which rock naming system to use (e.g., a conglomerate, sandstone, or mudstone). In the case of sandstones and conglomerates, which cover a wide range of grain sizes, a word describing the grain size range is added to the rock name. Examples are "pebble conglomerate" and "fine quartz arenite". [19]

  5. Quartz Vs. Granite: Which Stone Is Right For Your Countertops?

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    Whereas quartz countertops are man-made, granite is a naturally occurring stone, quarried from the earth, then cut and polished into the countertop material so many know and love. Made of stern ...

  6. Kurkar - Wikipedia

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    Kurkar is the regional name for an aeolian quartz sandstone with carbonate cement, [3] in other words an eolianite or a calcarenite (calcareous sandstone or grainstone), found on the Levantine coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Turkey, [3] Syria, Lebanon, Israel, [4] the Gaza Strip [5] and northern Sinai Peninsula. [6]

  7. Folk classification - Wikipedia

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    As others before him, Folk proposed a classification for sandstones based on the relative abundances of quartz (Q), feldspars (F), and rock fragments (R). These are the main poles of the classification diagram. To define the clan name one must normalize the sum of abundances of quartz, feldspars and rock fragments to 100%.

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