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Pure quartz is a colorless mineral, and so a pure quartz sandstone will appear white due to multiple reflections and refractions between grains. However, impurities in the sandstone may give it some other color. What color it turns out as depends on the impurities. For example, iron oxide will produce a red sandstone.

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the mineral content of its cement

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