Kittery Quartzite
AKA: Cape Elizabeth Quartzite











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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color: Kittery Quartzite ranges from a light brown to light gray.

Texture:
 Fine grain

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Translucency:

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Kittery Quartzite is associated with the Kittery Formation of the Merrimack Group of Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Hew Hampshire, Maine, New York, and into New Jersey.  Primarily occurs as beds with exposures occurring along the Broad Cove fault at Cape Elizabeth, Maine.  Previously mapped art Cape Elizabeth Formation in Maine.
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