Compressed and cemented sand is called sandstone.
Quartz sandstone, aka arenite, can form the metamorphic rock called quartzite.
The most common metamorphic rock associated with the regional, contact, or depth of burial metamorphosis of sandstone is quartzite.
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock.
The Starved Rock formations are Ordivician age orthoquartzite, a nearly pure form of sandstone (a sedimentary rock). This particular sandstone is referred to as St. Peter formation sandstone.
Sandstone that has experienced heat and high pressure can form a metamorphic rock called quartzite.
Sand forms sedimentary rocks such as sandstone. Sandstone containing mostly quartz can form the metamorphic rock quartzite.
Sandstone and limestone are both sedimentary rocks.
Sandstone is a Sedimentary rock.
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock.
sedimentary rock
Quartzite is the metamorphic rock for sandstone.