quartzite

quartzite englannista suomeksi

1. kvartsiitti

0. Substantiivi

1. kvartsiitti

quartzite englanniksi

1. A rock from sandstone, consisting of interlocking grains of quartz.

2. (quote-journal)|volume=XIII|page=331|pageurl=https://archive.org/stream/mobot32044093312015page/n346|passage=Following the course of the river from New Ulm to Fort Ridgely, there are several exposures of reddish-brown “granite” or quartzites, which has been quarried in a few places, but I do not feel entirely sure of its connection with the rocks in the prairie or at the Ferry below.

3. (quote-journal))|journal=The Gentleman's Magazine|volume=229|page=656|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=mu8Fdu4snksC&pg=PA656v=onepage&q&f=false|passage=The stone experimented upon being of the hardest and toughest kind the effect is not seen for several strokes ; but within two minutes, during which the writer watched the experiment, a steel chisel was completely blunted and rendered useless, and there was a hole made about two inches deep in the mass of quartzite placed to operate upon.

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