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chert
[ churt ]
noun
- a compact rock consisting essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
chert
/ ʃɜː /
noun
- a microcrystalline form of silica usually occurring as bands or layers of pebbles in sedimentary rock. Formula: SiO 2 . Varieties include flint, lyddite (Lydian stone) Also calledhornstone
chert
/ û /
- A hard, brittle sedimentary rock consisting of microcrystalline quartz. It is often reddish-brown to green but can also occur in a variety of other colors, especially white, pink, brown, or black. Chert often contains impurities such as calcium, iron-oxide, or the remains of silica-rich organisms. It usually occurs as nodules in limestone and dolomite and has curved fractures.
Derived Forms
- ˈٲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- y adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of chert1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of chert1
Example Sentences
Early in the 1970s, a paleontologist working on the outskirts of an Indian village found small, bead-like fossils embedded in the gray chert dotting the surrounding fields.
Anyone found hitting the pale, more recently formed chert stone is strongly discouraged because it splinters, making it hazardous and impossible to split successfully.
They analyzed the projectile point and found it was made of Hozomeen chert, a sedimentary rock specific to the North Cascades.
Made from chert and quartz pebbles, most measured less than 2 centimeters.
Subsurface pressure and temperature effects cause changes in the composition and properties of rocks, and from these we reap flint, chert, loess, kaolin, granite and clay.
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