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Geology: Walk Through Time

Stirling Quartzite

sample of Stirling quartzite, Death Valley
2,000 foot thick, 540+ million years old. Crossbedded sandstone was formed in a near-shore environment and then partially metamorphosed into impure quartzite.

Phanerzoic eon > Paleozoic era > Cambrian period > Series 1 epoch > Stage 1 age

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