Quartzarenite

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A quartzarenite is a sandstone composed of greater than 95% quartz. Quartz is a very weathering resistant mineral and accumulates into sediment as weathering and erosion proceeds. Quartzarenites are therefore often rocks that form through recycling of older sedimentary deposits and are regarded as a mature sedimentary rock.