chert
(noun) variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chert (countable and uncountable, plural cherts)
(geology, uncountable) Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.
(countable) A flint-like tool made from chert.
Generally, in mineralogy and geology, a chert does not have a conchoidal fracture. In North American archeology the term chert occasionally is still used for various siliceous minerals (including flint) that have a conchoidal fracture; this leads to confusion between the terms flint and chert in some archeology texts.
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Source: Wiktionary
Chert, n. Etym: [Ir. ceart stone, perh. akin to E. crag.] (Min.)
Definition: An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dull color.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
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