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Princeton's WordNet
chertnoun
variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz
Wiktionary
chertnoun
Massive generally dull colored and usually opaque quartzite or hornstone or impure chalcedony or other flint-like mineral. By general usage 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.
chertnoun
A flint-like tool made from chert.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Chertnoun
A kind of flint.
Etymology: from quartz, Germ.
Flint is most commonly found in form of nodules; but ’tis sometimes found in thin stratæ, when ’tis called chert. John Woodward.
Wikipedia
Chert
Chert () is a hard, fine-grained sedimentary rock composed of microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz, the mineral form of silicon dioxide (SiO2). Chert is characteristically of biological origin, but may also occur inorganically as a chemical precipitate or a diagenetic replacement, as in petrified wood.Chert is typically composed of 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. Precambrian cherts are notable for the presence of fossil cyanobacteria. In addition to microfossils, chert occasionally contains macrofossils. However, some chert is devoid of any fossils.Chert 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); 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).
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Chert is a hard, dense sedimentary rock composed primarily of microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline silica, often formed in nodules in limestone or as whole layers. It is characterized by its high luster and often varies in color from white to dark gray or brown. Chert is often seen in flint form and has been used throughout history for tool production due to its ability to fracture into sharp-edged pieces.
Webster Dictionary
Chertnoun
an impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dull color
Etymology: [Ir. ceart stone, perh. akin to E. crag.]
Wikidata
Chert
Chert is a fine-grained silica-rich microcrystalline, cryptocrystalline or microfibrous sedimentary rock that may contain small fossils. It varies greatly in color, but most often manifests as gray, brown, grayish brown and light green to rusty red; 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.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Chert
chėrt, n. a kind of quartz or flint: hornstone.—adj. Chert′y, like or containing chert. [Prob. Celt.; Ir. ceart, a pebble.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Chert in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Chert in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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