The subtle differences between quartzite and quartz seem to befuddle everyone from design-savvy clients to industry experts. Some people even use the names interchangeably, which is a huge mistake ...

Quartzite is priced at roughly $30 to $150 per square foot. That high price point is typical for natural stones overall.

Image. Syntrichia caninervis is the most common moss in the Mojave Desert, ... The quartz needs to be just right: around an inch thick and milky enough to transmit up to 4 percent of incident light.

Quartzite simply shouldn't be on Anjouan. The island sits in an ocean basin. Such basins form as tectonic plates pull apart, allowing magma from the mantle to roil up, harden and form new crust.

Archeologists in the historic city of Luxor, Egypt have unveiled two massive ancient statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III to the public. The newly restored quartzite statues, one of which is more than ...

Make your tombstone out of quartzite and you're looking at a rock for the ages. Or at least until the sun envelops the planet (so better get that interplanetary probe prepped to launch your ...