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Definitions of chert in various dictionaries:
noun - variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz
A variety of silica that contains microcrystalline quartz.
A siliceous rock of chalcedonic or opaline silica occurring in limestone.
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| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Jun 26 2015 The Times - Cryptic |
| Jun 28 2014 The Times - Cryptic |
| Mar 22 2014 Irish Times (Crosaire) |
| Jun 4 2012 The Times - Cryptic |
| Nov 20 2011 Boston Globe |
| Jun 5 2009 The Times - Cryptic |
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| a hard, dark, opaque rock composed of silica (chalcedony) with an amorphous or microscopically fine-grained texture. It occurs as nodules (flint) or, less often, in massive beds. |
| variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz |
| A hard, dark, opaque rock composed of silica (chalcedony) with an amorphous or microscopically fine-grained texture. It occurs as nodules (flint) or, less often, in massive beds. |
| A variety of silica that contains microcrystalline quartz. |
| A siliceous rock of chalcedonic or opaline silica occurring in limestone. |
| Chert description |
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| Chert ( ) is a hard, fine-grained sedimentary rock composed of crystals of quartz (silica) that are very small (microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline). Quartz (silica) is the mineral form of silicon dioxide (SiO2). Chert is usually of biologic origin, being the petrified remains of Siliceous ooze, the biogenic sediment that covers large areas of the deep ocean floor, and which contains the silicon skeletal remains of diatoms, silicoflagellates, and radiolarians. Depending on its origin, it can contain either microfossils, small macrofossils, or both. It varies greatly in color (from white to black), but most often manifests as gray, brown, grayish brown and light green to rusty red (occasionally dark green too); its color is an expression of trace elements present in the rock, and both red and green are most often related to traces of iron (in its oxidized and reduced forms respectively). |