Color:  Saglek Quartzite ranges from a milky white to a gray black with dark inclusions.  Distinct white to gray elongated grains are present and small black flecks

Texture:  Course grain

Luster: Dull rarely glassy

Translucency:  Opaque to translucent

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Distribution Comments:

Saglek Quartzite is an orthoquartzite that occurs on the talus slopes below Ramah Group outcroppings on the north shore of Saglek Fjord.