Flint vs Chalcedony - What's the difference?
flint | chalcedony |
A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck.
A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark.
A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.
A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.
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As nouns the difference between flint and chalcedony
is that flint is a hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck while chalcedony is a form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.As a verb flint
is to furnish or decorate an object with flint.As a proper noun Flint
is a city in Michigan.flint
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(en noun)Derived terms
* gunflintSee also
* chert * ferroceriumchalcedony
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(chalcedonies)citation, passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony , garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)}}