Meaning Of The Word Novaculite

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novaculite in American English
a light-colored, hard, extremely fine-grained siliceous sedimentary rock, often used as a whetstone
noun: a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz

novaculite in British English
noun: a fine-grained dense hard rock containing quartz and feldspar: used as a whetstone

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