Interestingly Essential Information About the Chert Rock
Chert is a very finegrained quartz, a silica mineral with small impurities. It has a smooth (nonclastic) sedimentary texture. The rock has a waxy or glassy luster. It is both opaque and translucent. Chert is found in colors such as pale, smokey gray, rarely dark gray, white, brown, red, green and yellow.