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What is the common name of a biological sedimentary rock composed of microcrystalline silica (SiO2) originally formed as shells of living diatoms and radiolarian plankton, compressed into hard, flaky rock that can be used to make tools

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Chert

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Chert is a sedimentary rock composed of microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz, the mineral form of silicon dioxide (SiO2). It occurs as nodules, concretionary masses, and as layered deposits.

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