See also: chért

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Etymology edit

Unknown.

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɜːt/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɝt/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Noun edit

chert (countable and uncountable, plural cherts)

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

Usage notes edit

Generally, 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.

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Further reading edit

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024), “Chert”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • chert”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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chert

  1. Lenited form of cert.

Noun edit

chert

  1. Lenited form of cert.