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Novaculite

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no⋅vac⋅u⋅lite

  [noh-vak-yuh-lahyt]
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–noun Petrology.
a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
Origin:
1790–1800; < L novācul(a) a sharp knife, razor + -ite 1
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no·vac·u·lite   (nō-vāk'yə-līt')   
n.  A very hard, dense, even-textured, silica-bearing sedimentary rock used in whetstones.

[Latin novācula, razor + -ite1.]
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novaculite

very dense, light-coloured, even-textured sedimentary rock, a bedded chert in which microcrystalline silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) in the form of quartz predominates over silica in the form of chalcedony. Deposits of novaculite exhibit stratification. The name is applied chiefly to formations in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. See also chert and flint.

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