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Novaculite
Novaculite
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Hornfels
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Novaculite is a dense, hard, fine-grained, siliceous metamorpic rock which is a type of chert that breaks with conchoidal fracture
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Unknown
From Latin word novacula, for razor stone
Sedimentary Rocks
Durable Rock, Hard Rock
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Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
 
Hornfels is a metamorphic rock formed by the contact between mudstone or other clay rich rock, and a hot igneous body, and represents a heat altered equivalent of the original rock
New Zealand
Unknown
From German which means hornstone
Metamorphic Rocks
Durable Rock, Soft Rock
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Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock