quartzose chert
quartzose chert
[′kwȯrt‚sōs ′chərt] (petrology)
A vitreous, sparkly, shiny chert, which under high magnification shows a heterogeneous mixture of pyramids, prisms, and faces of quartz, but also includes chert in which the secondary quartz is largely anhedral.
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