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... > area (en) > area type (en) > settlement (en) > building (en) > building technique (en) > building material (en) > stone (en) > chert (en)
finds (en) > finds material (en) > stone (en) > chert (en)
... > area (en) > area type (en) > quarry (en) > raw material (en) > stone (en) > chert (en)
... > finds (en) > finds type (en) > lithics (en) > lithic material (en) > stone (en) > chert (en)

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chert (en)  

Definition

  • Chert is a very fine-grained quarz and a silica mineral. Several varieties are included under the general term: jasper, chalcedony, agate, flint, porcelanite, and novaculite. In Neolithic it was used for tools and weapon.

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  • Encyclopaedia Britannica - https://www.britannica.com/science/chert#ref272901

Editorial note

  • 5.3; 5.5

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