Identify this rock please

Traceejean

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k-feldspar & quartzite. One would be tempted to say "granite" but it looks like the spar & quartz were brought together sedimentarily then metamorphosed (probably from glaciers) instead of formed together in the case of granite
 

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k-feldspar & quartzite. One would be tempted to say "granite" but it looks like the spar & quartz were brought together sedimentarily then metamorphosed (probably from glaciers) instead of formed together in the case of granite

The technical term, I think, was arkose?
 

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