Definition of Quartzose. Meaning of Quartzose. Synonyms of Quartzose

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Definition of Quartzose

Quartzose
Quartzose Quartz"ose`, a. [Cf. F. quartzeux, G. quarzig.] (Min.) Containing, or resembling, quartz; partaking of the nature or qualities of quartz.

Meaning of Quartzose from wikipedia

- Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide). The atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra...
- A ganister (or sometimes gannister ) is hard, fine-grained quartzose sandstone, or orthoquartzite, used in the manufacture of silica brick typically used...
- fangolitas (mud) and arilitas (sand); the whitish colouring is due to quartzose, sandstone and marls, rich in calcium carbonate; the red is due to claystones...
- difference may be bridged. Such current may propagate into silica-rich quartzose sand, mixed soil, clay, or other sediments, rapidly vaporizing and melting...
- (541 to 485 Ma) in Malaysia is the Machinchang Formation, composed of quartzose clastic rock formations, in Langkawi; the other known example, the Jerai...
- A quartz arenite or quartzarenite is a sandstone composed of greater than 90% detrital quartz. Quartz arenites are the most mature sedimentary rocks possible...
- epidote-quartz schist, biotite-calcite-quartz schist, and thin layers of quartzose marble. These metamorphic rocks appear to be the result of the metamorphism...
- Cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz Ganister – Hard, fine-grained quartzose sandstone, or orthoquartzite Gossan – Intensely oxidized, weathered or...
- meters (9,800 ft) of shallow-water, mostly marine, tan, green, and red quartzose sandstones (quartzites) and argillites. In ascending order, the Crashsite...
- geologic unit "composed prin****lly of interbedded micaceous quartzite and quartzose argillite that conformably overlies the Sloway formation" exposed near...