Definitions for quartzite

quartzite quartz·ite

Spelling: [kwawrt-sahyt]
IPA: /ˈkwɔrt saɪt/

Quartzite is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 28 points.

You can make 193 anagrams from letters in quartzite (aeiqrttuz).

Definitions for quartzite

noun

  1. a granular metamorphic rock consisting essentially of quartz in interlocking grains.

Origin of quartzite

First recorded in 1840-50; quartz + -ite1

Examples for quartzite

It is not volcanic, but consists of argillaceous schist and quartzite.

For them flint and quartzite took the place of bronze, iron, or steel.

Pebbles of the conglomerate are mainly quartz and quartzite.

Sandstone is changed into quartzite, the sand grains being melted so as to become no longer visible to the naked eye.

It appears to us from its use to have been either a quartzite or a fissile limestone.

The most elevated rock, in place, on the sources of the Mississippi, is found to be quartzite.

The veins are true fissures, and strike across the country rocks, which are principally porphyry and quartzite.

The magnetic iron ore is associated with hornblende and quartzite.

For furnace linings, the quartzite or ganister must be exceptionally pure.

Resembles the Cranberry ore deposits.These ores are underlaid by syenite and quartzite, and overlaid by limestone.

Word Value for quartzite
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