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View of the Atlantic Silica Inc. quarry, Vinegar Hill, New Brunswick

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Colour photograph of a man walking across white rocks in the quarry
photograph: View of the Atlantic Silica Inc. quarry, Vinegar Hill, New Brunswick, 2007. New Brunswick Museum. 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.