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Also known as flintstone, flint rock

forme cryptocristalline de la silice

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Key facts

Rock.type
Sedimentary
Rock.name
Flint
Rock.image
Miorcani flint.jpg
Rock.alt
A sample of Miorcani flint
Rock.caption
A sample of Miorcani flint from the Cenomanian chalky marl layer of the Moldavian Plateau ( wide)
Rock.composition
Cryptocrystalline quartz

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
chert
Material used
silicon dioxide
Image
Silex-Zaragoza.jpg
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Commons category
Flint (rock)
Commons gallery
Flint
different from
Krzemień
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Article · Français

Le silex est une roche chimique siliceuse très dure formée par précipitation chimique et constituée de calcédoine presque pure et d'impuretés telles que de l'eau ou des oxydes, ces derniers influant sur sa couleur.

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