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Jaspillite is an iron rich chemically formed rock which is common in banded iron formation rocks
Western Australia, Minnesota
From Jaspilite (Mineral), a compact siliceous rock which resembles jasper
Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Novaculite is a dense, hard, fine-grained, siliceous metamorpic rock which is a type of chert that breaks with conchoidal fracture
From Latin word novacula, for razor stone
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock