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QUARTZITE #1 Quartzite - Other specific examples: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 
Detail of this specimen
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Composition
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Description
This is a typical quartzite. They are dense, hard rocks, generally uniform in texture, composed of fused quartz sand grains. Often they rock has a granular appearance on a weathered surface, but along a broken surface the sand grains are usually split. Also, unlike most of the nondescript rocks, quartzite has a glassy luster.
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Tectonic Association
Quartzite results from the almost any metamorphism of a quartz sandstone, and as such have no specific tectonic association or meaning. They can form just about anywhere.
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Type of Metamorphism
Mostly the result of Barrovian or contact metamorphism.
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