Quartzarenite

Quartzarenite: A quartzarenite is a sandstone composed of greater than 95% quartz. Quartz is a very weathering resistant mineral and accumulates into sediment as weathering and erosion proceeds. Quartzarenites are therefore often rocks that form through recycling of older sedimentary deposits and are regarded as a mature sedimentary rock.

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χαλαζαρενίτης — ο, Ν (πετρογρ.) ιζηματογενές πέτρωμα που ανήκει σε ομάδα τών ψαμμιτών και περικλείει κόκκους χαλαζία σε ποσοστό πάνω από 95%. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Απόδοση στην ελλ. ξεν. όρου, πρβλ. αγγλ. quartzarenite] … Dictionary of Greek

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