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QUARTZITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quartzite mean?
• QUARTZITE (noun)
The noun QUARTZITE has 1 sense:
1. hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals
Familiarity information: QUARTZITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("quartzite" is a kind of...):
rock; stone (material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust)
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