Kalona Quartzite

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Color: Kalona Quartzite ranges from a light gray to a light brown or white.

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Kalona Quartzite is associated with the Kalona Quartzite Member of the Wash Creek Slate Formation, Kahatchee Mountain Group of central Alabama named for exposure near Kalona, Chilton County, Alabama.

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