quartzose sandstone

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quartzose sandstone [′kwȯrt‚sōs ′san‚stōn]

(petrology)

Sandstone consisting of more than 95% clear quartz grains and less than 5% matrix. Also known as quartz sandstone.

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No references found			The name was applied to a transition between the Dictyonema Shale (with many interbeds of quartzose sandstone in the lower part) of the Turisalu Formation and the Obolus Sandstone represented in NE Estonia. The stratotype of the Orasoja Member (Tremadocian, Northeast ... by Heinsalu, Heljo; Kaljo, Dimitri; Kurvits, Tiia; Viira, Viive / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology			quartz strain gage quartz syenite quartz thermometer quartz topaz quartz wedge quartz-bearing diorite Quartz-Crystal Clock quartz-crystal filter Quartz-Crystal Oscillator quartz-crystal resonator quartz-fiber dosimeter quartz-fiber electroscope quartz-fiber manometer quartz-flooded limestone quartz-halogen lamp quartz-iodine lamp quartz-pebble conglomerate quartzarenite Quartzite Quartzite, Secondary quartzitic sandstone quartzose quartzose arkose quartzose chert quartzose graywacke quartzose sandstone quartzose shale quartzose subgraywacke quasar Quasars Quasi Optics quasi-acoustical holography quasi-atom quasi-cratonic quasi-crystal Quasi-Elastic Force quasi-equilibrium quasi-F martingale quasi-fission quasi-free-electron theory quasi-geostationary satellites quasi-hydrostatic approximation quasi-hydrostatic assumption quasi-instruction quasi-linear feedback control system quasi-linear system quasi-molecule quasi-parallel execution quasi-particle quasi-particle detector quasi-perfect number			Quartz-Crystal Oscillator quartz-crystal resonator Quartz-Fayalite-Magnetite quartz-fiber dosimeter quartz-fiber electroscope quartz-fiber manometer quartz-flooded limestone quartz-halogen lamp quartz-iodine lamp quartz-iodine lamp Quartz-Normative Basalt quartz-pebble conglomerate Quartz/Phenolic Quartzarenite quartziferous quartzite quartzite Quartzite Rock Association Quartzite, Secondary Quartzites Quartzites quartzitic sandstone Quartzoid quartzose quartzose quartzose quartzose arkose quartzose chert quartzose graywacke quartzose sandstone quartzose shale quartzose subgraywacke quartzous Quartzy Quary Quary Quary Quarz Quarz Quarz Quas Quas QUASAAR quasar quasar quasar Quasar Atlas and Catalogue QUASAR Cognitive Assessment Instrument Quasar Industrial Vehicles Quasar Knowledge Systems Quasars Quasars QUASAS Quaschi QUASER quash quash quash quash quash the conviction

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