Quartzite

The Apache group is overlain by the Troy Quartzite which is intruded by Diabase along the sedimentary layers.

Tucson Citizen wryheat 2009

Clatone said when Dyess and Sigurdson first moved from Washington to Wellton, she acted as their tour guide of sorts, taking them around town and on a couple trips, including one to Quartzite for a gem show.

Sole survivor of Yuma-area shootings speaks out 2011

Clatone said when Dyess and Sigurdson first moved from Washington to Wellton, she acted as their tour guide of sorts, taking them around town and on a couple trips, including one to Quartzite for a gem show.

Sole survivor of Yuma-area shootings speaks out 2011

Clatone said when Dyess and Sigurdson first moved from Washington to Wellton, she acted as their tour guide of sorts, taking them around town and on a couple trips, including one to Quartzite for a gem show.

Sole survivor of Yuma-area shootings speaks out 2011

Clatone said when Dyess and Sigurdson first moved from Washington to Wellton, she acted as their tour guide of sorts, taking them around town and on a couple trips, including one to Quartzite for a gem show.

Sole survivor of Yuma-area shootings speaks out 2011

But it's all worth it when we crest and view the scene: Quartzite peaks, or "paps," rising like the cliffs of a fjord, and a modest fishing hut that is ours for the next little while.

Jura offers a taste of old Scotland 2006

Quartzite forms from the recrystallization of silica found in sandstone.

Metamorphic rock 2007

Going from East to West, we went from a lower grade metamorphic rock a to a much higher grade, from a Phyllite to a Schist to Quartzite.

Archive 2004-11-01 Andrew 2004

Going from East to West, we went from a lower grade metamorphic rock a to a much higher grade, from a Phyllite to a Schist to Quartzite.

worlds in a grain of sand Andrew 2004

It's got rock from what's called the Monkton Formation, which is a Red Quartzite.

Archive 2004-11-01 Andrew 2004