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Under certain conditions of extreme heat and pressure, sandstone will transform into quartzite. What type of rock is quartzite

Under certain conditions of extreme heat and pressure, sandstone will transform into quartzite. What type of rock is quartzite
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Under certain conditions of extreme heat and pressure, sandstone will transform into quartzite. What type of rock is quartzite

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Since it changes from what it originally was into a harder compound, it is a metamorphic type of rock.
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