Definition of Novaculite and Coquina
The general Novaculite and Coquina definition can be stated as: Novaculite is a dense, hard, fine-grained, siliceous metamorpic rock which is a type of chert that breaks with conchoidal fracture. On the other hand, Coquina is a sedimentary rock that is composed either wholly or almost entirely of the transported, abraded, and mechanically-sorted fragments of the shells of molluscs, trilobites, brachiopods, or other invertebrates. Along with definition of Novaculite and Coquina, get to know about Properties of Novaculite and Coquina. Get to know more information about Novaculite and Coquina origin and discoverer, etymology and class.