Color: Weverton Quartzite is feldspathic and ranges from a grayish white to medium light gray.

Texture:  Medium to fine grain

Luster:  Vitreous

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Distribution Comments:

Weverton Quartzite is associated with the Buzzard Knob Member of the Weverton Quartzite Formation, Chilhowee Group of eastern West Virginia, northern Virginia, and Maryland.  Primarily occurs as beds with exposures occur at Weverton in Washington County, Maryland to South Mountain, in the Elkton region of Virginia, and along the flanks of the Blue Ridge Anticlinotium.