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Colour photograph of white and brown round gravel
Quartz gravel. Cretaceous. Vinegar Hill, New Brunswick. Collector: Atlantic Silica, 2007. New Brunswick Museum (NBME 1187). Quartz sand and gravel is quarried by Atlantic Silica Inc. Some uses include quartz pebbles for aquarium gravel, decorative stone, foundry sands, golf course sands, mortar mixes, playground sands, filtration media and quartz sand for blasting sands.