d5838a. Quartzitic metaconglomerate

At the southern edge of Cooperrider Point, one looks 2000 feet down into the void of Parker Canyon.

At right, pinnacles of precambrian Troy Quartzite weather out from the rim. In due course, thermal cycles will pry them loose and they will plummet into the canyon.

Taken between 6:30 - 7:45 am at Falls Park in Sioux Falls, SD.

I wasn't planning to do a shoot while visiting, so didn't have anything but my phone. It was such a beautiful morning, I couldn't resist.

Patterns in the rock.

Perla Venata Quartzite 817 54402-3 Size 126-73 Lot 25686

d13591a. These rocks were transported by geologically recent glaciation and dumped perhaps far away from where they originated.

Quartzite teardrop and beaten silver circle earrings, £24. Total height approx 45mm.

Taken between 6:30 - 7:45 am at Falls Park in Sioux Falls, SD.

I wasn't planning to do a shoot while visiting, so didn't have anything but my phone. It was such a beautiful morning, I couldn't resist.

40 bucks gets you 2 weeks of dumping and fresh water fill, also dumpsters.

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Taken between 6:30 - 7:45 am at Falls Park in Sioux Falls, SD.

I wasn't planning to do a shoot while visiting, so didn't have anything but my phone. It was such a beautiful morning, I couldn't resist.

Perla Venata Quartzite Leather 747 45701 Size Close up Lot 23930

Taken between 6:30 - 7:45 am at Falls Park in Sioux Falls, SD.

I wasn't planning to do a shoot while visiting, so didn't have anything but my phone. It was such a beautiful morning, I couldn't resist.

d13149a. Pale flowered short leaved form, typical of the southwest.

Compare with ths one:

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Up at a Alpine Lake in the Snowy Mountains blogged.

Many of the rocks along both sides of the point are veined with quartzite. Photographed at Katherine Cove, Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario.

South Bay Quartzite® Special Order Slabs and Boulders

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Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Twisted amethyst corner drilled squares with quartzite (jadeite) interspersed with cracked quartz on silver.

A flea market booth at the Main Event, Quartzite Arizona

Taken between 6:30 - 7:45 am at Falls Park in Sioux Falls, SD.

I wasn't planning to do a shoot while visiting, so didn't have anything but my phone. It was such a beautiful morning, I couldn't resist.

Taken between 6:30 - 7:45 am at Falls Park in Sioux Falls, SD.

I wasn't planning to do a shoot while visiting, so didn't have anything but my phone. It was such a beautiful morning, I couldn't resist.

Taken between 6:30 - 7:45 am at Falls Park in Sioux Falls, SD.

I wasn't planning to do a shoot while visiting, so didn't have anything but my phone. It was such a beautiful morning, I couldn't resist.

Ormiston Pound forms part of the West MacDonnell National Park. It is located in the desert contry west of Alice Springs in central Australia.

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Late Paleoproterozoic Roxmere Quartzite in foreground 'overlain' by brecciated Staveley Formation on overturned, lower limb of a recumbent fold

Vertical beds (quartzite, limestone, and shale) in mouth of Sheep Creek Canyon, probably sec. 5, T. 17 N., R. 6 E., 22 miles northwest of Silver Lake, Crucero Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California. October 16, 1917.

Nacarado Quartzite 846 2 Size 124-75 Lot BG6105

Taken between 6:30 - 7:45 am at Falls Park in Sioux Falls, SD.

I wasn't planning to do a shoot while visiting, so didn't have anything but my phone. It was such a beautiful morning, I couldn't resist.

Taken between 6:30 - 7:45 am at Falls Park in Sioux Falls, SD.

I wasn't planning to do a shoot while visiting, so didn't have anything but my phone. It was such a beautiful morning, I couldn't resist.

Having done a Geology A-level I really should be able to identify this, but alas I am not too sure what it is.

Photographed along a road near Parry Sound, Ontario.

Taken between 6:30 - 7:45 am at Falls Park in Sioux Falls, SD.

I wasn't planning to do a shoot while visiting, so didn't have anything but my phone. It was such a beautiful morning, I couldn't resist.

A streetscape in Toronto, Canada. I really admire this city's urban grungy looks mixing with glitzy glass facets. Pity so much of it is currently under construction. This is one of few photos that doesn't have netting or orange cones.

- Taken at 12:21 PM on June 02, 2007. See also tinyurl.com/2llenl

Vantage point.

A valley in the Barrios Quartzite, near Truebano

Quartzite, Arizona