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Flint

Sedimentary Rocks

Flint, occasionally called flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs within chalk or marly limestone. Historically it was widely used to make stone tools and to start fires. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Classification
Sedimentary Rock 1
Use
Industrial and Abrasive 2
Wikipedia 'Flint' states this use (or use-bearing statement); earth5 pass.
Kind
Rock 1
Formation Class
Sedimentary (a cryptocrystalline form of quartz occurring as nodules within chalk or marly limestone) 1
Connections

Associated With

Chalk, Materials

Host rock: flint occurs as nodules within chalk.

Source Flint (Wikipedia)
Limestone, Materials

Host rock: flint occurs as nodules within marly limestone.

Source Flint (Wikipedia)

Caused By

Sedimentation, Processes
Source Flint (Wikipedia)

Classified As

Sedimentary Rocks, Subcategories

In Discipline

Geology, Disciplines
Sources
1. Flint (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone.
  • Lead section
    Flint, occasionally flintstone (SiO2), is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Historically, flint was widely used to make stone tools and start fires.
  • Caused By: Sedimentation, Lead paragraph
    Flint, occasionally flintstone (SiO2), is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone
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2. Wikidata: Flint
Wikidata Q83087
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