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Query:

Subject: What happened to the Feldspar in Quartzite during the metomorphic process?

Date: Thu Sep 16 14:15:31 1999
Posted by Vincent A. Bennett II
Grade level: undergrad School: Cosumnes River college
City: Sacramento State/Province: Ca Country: USA
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 937505731.Es
Message:

Quartzite at one time was Sandstone, in sandstone there is a high content 
of feldspar holding the smaller rounded quartz rocks togeather during the 
lithification period, feldspar is what holds them togeather. Well where 
did the feldspar go if sandstone is what quartzite once was?


Re: What happened to the Feldspar in Quartzite during the metomorphic process?

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