Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
1-40_.__.__
Novaculite
English: Arkansas Stone.
Name : from the Latin word novacula: a sharp knife, dagger, razor.
Clades: Silicates.
Region: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas; Japan, Middle East.
Use: in sharpening stones.
Color: white to grey or black in color
Specific gravity: 2.2 to 2.5.
Mineralogy
Novaculite is a microcrystalline to cryptocrystalline rock type that consists of silica in the form of chert or flint. It forms light grey flatirons.