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Cherty

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chert  (chûrt)
n.
1. A variety of silica that contains microcrystalline quartz.
2. A siliceous rock of chalcedonic or opaline silica occurring in limestone.
[Origin unknown.]
cherty adj.
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Adj.1.cherty - resembling or containing chert


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Its mineralogical constitution is not simple; in some parts the rock is of a cherty, in others of a felspathic nature, including thin veins of serpentine.
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