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Cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz

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Flint: Cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz
Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Flint was widely used historically to make stone tools and start fires.

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