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Flint/Chert

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Flint and Chert are forms of impure silica usually formed within chalk and limestone respectively.


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Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
53006
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:53006:6

Other Commodities associated with Flint/Chert *Hide

CommodityAssociated LocalitiesTotal Localities% Association (commodity)% Association (Flint/Chert)
Chalk63119.35% of all Chalk deposits have Flint/Chert.35.29% of all Flint/Chert deposits have Chalk.
Phosphorous/Phosphate11,3390.07% of all Phosphorous/Phosphate deposits have Flint/Chert.5.88% of all Flint/Chert deposits have Phosphorous/Phosphate.
Silica11,0490.10% of all Silica deposits have Flint/Chert.5.88% of all Flint/Chert deposits have Silica.
* in exploitable quantities, based on associations listed on mindat.org

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Deposits of Flint/ChertHide

This map shows a selection of deposits that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.

Locality ListHide

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Australia
 
  • Western Australia
    • East Pilbara Shire
France
 
  • Centre-Val de Loire
    • Indre
      • Châteauroux
        • Baudres
Latvia
 
  • Zemgale Region
    • Ogre Municipality
Netherlands
 
  • Limburg
    • Eijsden-Margraten
      • Cadier en Keer
      • Gronsveld
        • Rijckholt
Poland
 
  • Podlaskie Voivodeship
    • Siemiatycze County
      • Gmina Mielnik
Spain
 
  • Community of Madrid
    • Madrid
      • Vicálvaro
Sweden
 
  • Skåne County
    • Malmö
      • Södra Sallerup
UK
 
  • England
    • Berkshire
    • Buckinghamshire
      • Aylesbury Vale
        • Pitstone
      • West Wycombe
    • Norfolk
      • Breckland
        • Newton by Castle Acre
Needham Chalks (HAM) Ltd
        • Weeting-with-Broomhill
    • Suffolk
      • West Suffolk
        • Brandon
United Arab Emirates
 
  • Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah
USA
 
  • Kansas
    • Pottawatomie County
 
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