QUARTZITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Hard metamorphic rock consisting essentially of interlocking quartz crystals

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("quartzite" is a kind of...):

rock; stone (material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust)

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