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Nacarado Quartzite - faulted impure quartzite from the Precambrian of Brazil.

Quartzite (metaquartzite) is a quartzose, crystalline-textured, metamorphic rock. It forms by intermediate- to high-grade metamorphism of quartzose sandstones and siltstones.

Stratigraphy & Age: possibly (?) from the São Joaquim Formation, Martinópole Group, Neoproterozoic, >775 Ma

Locality: Nacarado Quarry, hills outside of town of Massapé, northern Ceará State, northeastern Brazil
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Author James St. John

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