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Where Is Quartzite Formed?

Where Does Quartzite Form? Most quartzite forms during mountain-building events at convergent plate boundaries where sandstone was deposited on a continental plate. There, the sandstone is metamorphosed into quartzite by the intense pressure of a plate collision and often by deep burial.

How is it formed quartzite?

Quartzite is a metamorphic rock formed when quartz-rich sandstone or chert has been exposed to high temperatures and pressures. Such conditions fuse the quartz grains together forming a dense, hard, equigranular rock.
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