opoka

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opoka [ō′päk·ə]

(petrology)

A porous, flinty, and calcareous sedimentary rock, with conchoidal or irregular fracture, consisting of fine-grained opaline silica (up to 90%), and hardened by the presence of silica of organic origin.

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