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Banded iron formation
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Flint is a hard type of sedimentary rock that produces a small piece of burning material when hit by steel
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Unknown
From Old English flint - a type of rock mainly known for high hardness and for giving off sparks when struck
Sedimentary Rocks
Durable Rock, Hard Rock
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Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
 
Banded iron formation are distinctive units of sedimentary rock that are almost always of Precambrian age
Western Australia, Minnesota
Johann Gottlob Lehmann
From its formation process
Sedimentary Rocks
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
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Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock