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Radiolarit  

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  • Radiolarite is a siliceous, comparatively hard, fine-grained, chert-like, and homogeneous sedimentary rock that is composed predominantly of the microscopic remains of radiolarians used to make stone tools and weapons.

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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiolarite

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https://vocabs.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/defcthesaurus/radiolarite/4.18

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