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n. - Variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz.

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  • I just know how to love chert and identify good opal.
  • Yet another link regarding Gunflint chert & stromatolites:
  • Poitou the limestone is dolomitic and bears nodules of chert.
  • Shale, chert, and Precambrian igneous rocks are also present.
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  • He found a "chert" (a rock resembling flint) in his "shirt" (clothing worn on the upper part of the body) pocket.
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