Chert

Description
A small glassy looking sample of chert. It is an orange-red colour. It is irregular shaped. One one side in particular it is pitted and has three black lines.
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Chert is a fine-grained silica rich sedimentary rock. It may contain small fossils of diatoms, radiolarians and sponges. They can be a range of colours.
Accession number
A100.659
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