Buffards Quartzite











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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Buffards Quartzite ranges from a milky white quartz to a dusty red quartzite.

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Buffards Quartzite is associated with the Buffards Quartzite Member of the Arvonia Formation of the Blue Ridge - Piedmont Providence of Virginia.  Occurs as beds with  primary outcroppings on Buffards Mountain near the summit northwest of Dillwyn, Buckingham County, Virginia.
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