quartzite

A hard metamorphic rock formed when quartz-rich sandstone recrystallises into interlocking quartz grains.

All languages

English

quartzite

Norwegian

kvartsitt

Japanese

珪岩 — けいがん — keigan

Korean

규암 — gyuam

Spanish

cuarcita

French

quartzite

German

Quarzit

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