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orthoquartzites

orthoquartzites is the plural of orthoquartzite.

Meaning of orthoquartzite

Noun

orthoquartzite (countable and uncountable, plural orthoquartzites)

  1. A very pure quartz sandstone composed of usually well rounded quartz grains cemented by silica.
    • The contact with the Fountain is sharply defined, since they consist essentially of fine-grained red or pink to white sandstone, at time cemented to an orthoquartzite—a process still continuing.1928, A. J. Tieje, “The Red Beds of the Front Range in Colorado: A Study in Sedimentation”, in The Journal of Geology, volume XXXI, page 199

Questions about orthoquartzites

What is orthoquartzites the plural of?
Orthoquartzites is the plural of orthoquartzite.

Words near orthoquartzites in the dictionary

  1. orthopædists
  2. orthopædy
  3. orthoquarkonia
  4. orthoquarkonium
  5. orthoquartzite
  6. orthoquartzites
  7. orthoquartzitic
  8. orthoquinone
  9. orthoquinones
  10. orthoradial
  11. orthoradially

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