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novaculite
[ noh-vak-yuh-lahyt ]
noun
Petrology.
- a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
novaculite
/ ²Ôəʊˈ±¹Ã¦°ìÂáÊŠËŒ±ô²¹Éª³Ù /
noun
- a fine-grained dense hard rock containing quartz and feldspar: used as a whetstone
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of novaculite1
1790–1800; < Latin ²Ô´Ç±¹Ä峦³Ü±ô ( a ) a sharp knife, razor + -ite 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of novaculite1
C18: from Latin ²Ô´Ç±¹Ä峦³Ü±ôa sharp knife, razor, from ²Ô´Ç±¹Äå°ù±ð to renew
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The Quapaw and Caddo peoples lived here for thousands of years, mining the region’s ubiquitous novaculite, a type of flint stone, for weapons.
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Nature offers bizarrely dangling deadfall, glistening bits of white novaculite, fruiting wild shrubs, tweety birds, critter holes.
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The memorial consists of a bronze plaque along with the iconic park ranger campaign hat mounted on a Novaculite boulder.
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The finest of the novaculite rocks of central Arkansas are quarried near the city.
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Novaculite, nÅ-vak′ū-lÄ«t, n. a hone-stone.
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