The use of the synonym "silexite" is discouraged because it is the French word forchert, which is asedimentary rock.[10] Other less common synonyms are "igneous quartz" and "peracidite".[11]
Some occurrences of quartzolite are unlikely to have an entirely igneous origin;[8] for example, two types of quartzolite that are associated with deposits oftopaz in and around the MoleGranitepluton in Torrington,NSW, are believed to have formed in different ways. One type forms dykes and sills in the granite and in the surroundingmetamorphic rocks. The other type has remnants of an earlier granitetexture and is found on the outer edges of part of the pluton.[19]
^abLe Maitre, R. W., ed. (2002).Igneous Rocks:A Classification and Glossary of Terms (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.ISBN978-0-521-66215-4.
^Schumann, Walter (1993).Handbook of Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Company. p. 198.ISBN978-0-395-51138-1.
^Neuendorf, K. K. E.; Mehl, Jr., J. P.; Jackson, J. A. (2005).Glossary of Geology (5th ed.). Alexandria, Virginia: American Geological Institute. p. 530.ISBN978-3642066214.
^Li, Huaqin; Chen, Fuwen (2002). "Chronology and origin of Au-Cu deposits related to paleozoic intracontinental rifting in West Tianshan Mountains, NW China".Science in China Series B: Chemistry.45:108–120.doi:10.1007/BF02932212.
^Mair, B.F. (1987). "The Geology of South Georgia: VI. Larsen Harbour Formation".British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports.111:1–60.
^Greenberg, R.M.; Miranda, E. (2009), "Strain localization in granodiorite mylonites: a microstructural and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) study of the South Mountains core complex, Arizona",AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts,2009: T33A–1859,Bibcode:2009AGUFM.T33A1859G
^"Topaz"(PDF).Industrial Mineral Opportunities.NSW Department of Primary Industries. Retrieved23 November 2016.
