Novaculite Definition
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
Define Novaculite
Novaculite is one of the important type of rocks. If we have to define Novaculite in general, Novaculite is a dense, hard, fine-grained, siliceous metamorpic rock which is a type of chert that breaks with conchoidal fracture. Novaculite comes under Sedimentary Rocks. All Sedimentary Rocks have similar properties and formation process. Along with Novaculite Definition, know more about the History of Novaculite, Etymology of Novaculite in next sections.