Flint
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Flint
Flint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz
Color
Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white, or brown in color, and often has a glassy or waxy appearance. On the outside there is a thin layer of the nodules usually different in color but found often in white.
Uses
Flint has been used by humans to make stone tools for at least two million
-knife blades - spear points
- Tools or cutting edges
-knife blades - spear points
- arrowheads - scrapers
- axes - drills
- To ignite fire or gunpowder
- Striped flint is today in use as a gemstone as well
Luster
- Waxy
- Glassy
Texture
- Rough