Definition of chert Chert

/ʧɚˈt/ - [chert] - chert

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What does chert mean?

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Noun

Plural: cherts

chert - variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz

silica, silicon dioxide, silicon oxide a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite

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Wiktionary

chert (Noun)
Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.
chert (Noun)
A flint-like tool made from chert.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

chert (n.)
An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dull color.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 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.]

Wikipedia

Chert is a type of rock that includes flint and agate. It sometimes has fossils in it.

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chert, noun, singular of cherts.

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