Sedimentary Rock Chert
name: label: Discipline
content: Mineral Sciences
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: This specimen is chert with crystals of either chabazite, calcie, or quartz on one side, Chert is a hard, fine-grained sedimentary rock composed of very small quartz crystals. Chert was used by prehistoric humans to make stone tools because it breaks in predictable patterns when struck.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Nov 2023
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Sedimentary Rock Chert
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO400337
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections