quartzite

(kwôrtsīt′)

noun

  1. a very hard, metamorphic sandstone so firmly cemented that breakage occurs through grains rather than between them
  2. any sandstone tightly cemented with quartz

Origin: quartz + -ite

See quartzite in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A rock formed from the metamorphism of quartz sandstone.

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