novaculite
[ noh-vak-yuh-lahyt ]
nounPetrology.
a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
Origin of novaculite
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How to use novaculite in a sentence
The finest of the novaculite rocks of central Arkansas are quarried near the city.
British Dictionary definitions for novaculite
novaculite
/ (nəʊˈvækjʊˌlaɪt) /
noun
a fine-grained dense hard rock containing quartz and feldspar: used as a whetstone
Origin of novaculite
1C18: from Latin novācula sharp knife, razor, from novāre to renew
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