Quartzite Thin Section

Apparently from the saxon word querkluftertz meaning cross vein ore which could easily have become condensed to querertz and then to quartz.
Quartzite thin section. The idea is supported by the old cornish name for crystalline silica which means cross course spar. Quartzite is a hard non foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone. Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to tectonic compression within orogenic belts pure quartzite is usually white to grey though quartzites often occur in various shades of pink and red due to varying amounts of iron oxide fe 2 o 3.
To link to this object paste this link in email im or document to embed this object paste this html in website. The quartz grains in this view range in color from white to gray to black and they form a tight interlocking network. In any case the word is from.
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A specimen of the bo quartzite collected near south troms norway observed through a microscope in thin section under cross polarized light. Home rocks and minerals quartz thin section reference url share. Quartzite under a microscope.