different between chert vs limestone

English

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

chert (countable and uncountable, plural cherts)

1. (geology, uncountable) Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.
2. (countable) A flint-like tool made from chert.

Usage notes

Generally, in mineralogy and geology, a chert does not have a conchoidal fracture. In North American archeology the term chert occasionally is still used for various siliceous minerals (including flint) that have a conchoidal fracture; this leads to confusion between the terms flint and chert in some archeology texts.

Derived terms

• chertification
• chertified

Translations

See also

• chalcedony
• flint
• jasper
• quartzite
• silicate

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Chert”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “chert”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• retch

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x?er?t/

Adjective

chert

1. Lenited form of cert.

Noun

chert

1. Lenited form of cert.

English

Etymology

From lime +? stone.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?la?msto?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?la?mst??n/

Noun

limestone (countable and uncountable, plural limestones)

1. An abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO₃); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.
2. (attributive) Pertaining to or made of limestone.

   • The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

Synonyms

• lime
• calcium carbonate

Hyponyms

• (mineralogy): bluestone, burrstone, calp, coquina, coral rag, chalk, malm, marble, travertine, tufa

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

limestone (not comparable)(Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

1. Made of or with limestone.

See also

• karst

Anagrams

• lemoniest, milestone