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Marble will effervesce in vinegar or diluted hydrochloric acid--quartzite will not.

Both quartzite and marble are meta-sedimentary rocks. However, quartzite comes from a quartz rich sandstone, and marble comes from limestone.

White marble is white limestone that has gone through metamorphosis.

White Quartzite is white sandstone that has gone through metamorphosis.

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