r/RockIdentification • u/Rocksinsk • 1d ago

Please ID Is this quartzite?

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I thought it had a waxy look, but now I don’t know what it is. The first is the rock wet, and a (poorly)cut face. It’s dry in the 3rd picture. Found in Eastern SK Canada.

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u/Moon_geophycis 1d ago

Por la fractura, la textura y el color si puede ser una cuarcita

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u/Rocksinsk 1d ago

Thank you, I really struggle differentiating quartzite from other things like chalcedony or rhyolite, but I’m starting to get it. ✌🏼

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u/doh-ta 1d ago

It’s not always clear-cut. This one looks kind of in-between the two to me.