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href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95" title="चकमक – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="चकमक" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%B1)" title="صوان (حجر) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="صوان (حجر)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedrenya" title="Pedrenya – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Pedrenya" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xil" title="Xil – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Xil" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87axmaqda%C5%9F%C4%B1" title="Çaxmaqdaşı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Çaxmaqdaşı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%82" title="چاخماق – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="چاخماق" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho%C3%A9-chio%CC%8Dh" title="Hoé-chio̍h – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Hoé-chio̍h" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D2%A1%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%88" title="Саҡматаш – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Саҡматаш" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C" title="Крэмень – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Крэмень" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8A%D0%BA" title="Кремък – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Кремък" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremen" title="Kremen – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Kremen" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%ADlex" title="Sílex – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Sílex" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%83%D1%82%D1%87%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C" title="Вутчуль – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Вутчуль" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pazourek" title="Pazourek – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Pazourek" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra_battifocu" title="Petra battifocu – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Petra battifocu" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callestr" title="Callestr – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Callestr" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C9%9Bribo" title="Chɛribo – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Chɛribo" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint" title="Flint – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Flint" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feuerstein" title="Feuerstein – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Feuerstein" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A4nikivi" title="Ränikivi – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ränikivi" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B2" title="Пурьгине кев – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Пурьгине кев" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%ADlex" title="Sílex – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sílex" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siliko" title="Siliko – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Siliko" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suharri" title="Suharri – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Suharri" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF_%D8%A2%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B2%D9%86%D9%87" title="سنگ آتشزنه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سنگ آتشزنه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silex" title="Silex – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Silex" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fjoerstien" title="Fjoerstien – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Fjoerstien" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloch_thine" title="Cloch thine – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Cloch thine" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailbhinn" title="Ailbhinn – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Ailbhinn" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%ADlex" title="Sílex – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Sílex" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B6%80%EC%8B%AF%EB%8F%8C" title="부싯돌 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="부싯돌" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AE%D6%84%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Կայծքարային ապարներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կայծքարային ապարներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silexo" title="Silexo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Silexo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijang" title="Rijang – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Rijang" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86%D1%85%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Æхсон – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Æхсон" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinna" title="Tinna – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Tinna" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selce" title="Selce – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Selce" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%A8_(%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%A2)" title="צור (סלע) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="צור (סלע)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BF_%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%81" title="ಚಕಮಕಿ ಕಲ್ಲು – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಚಕಮಕಿ ಕಲ್ಲು" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9F%E1%83%98" title="კაჟი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კაჟი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D2%9B%D0%BF%D0%B0%D2%9B_%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%81" title="Шақпақ тас – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Шақпақ тас" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Fflint" title="Y Fflint – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Y Fflint" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BA_%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%88" title="Оттук таш – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Оттук таш" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silex" title="Silex – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Silex" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krams" title="Krams – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Krams" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titnagas" title="Titnagas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Titnagas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuursjt%C3%A8%C3%A8" title="Vuursjtèè – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Vuursjtèè" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kovak%C5%91" title="Kovakő – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kovakő" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Кремен – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Кремен" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%82" title="അനലാശ്മം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അനലാശ്മം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_api" title="Batu api – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Batu api" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%ADlex" title="Sílex – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Sílex" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%81%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%BB%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA" title="မီးခတ်ကျောက် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="မီးခတ်ကျောက်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuursteen" title="Vuursteen – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Vuursteen" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B8" title="कस – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="कस" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%87%A7%E7%9F%B3" title="燧石 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="燧石" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint" title="Flint – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Flint" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint" title="Flint – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Flint" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selze" title="Selze – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Selze" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremen" title="Kremen – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Kremen" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caillo_cornu" title="Caillo cornu – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Caillo cornu" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krzemie%C5%84" title="Krzemień – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Krzemień" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%ADlex" title="Sílex – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Sílex" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silex" title="Silex – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Silex" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%27awchi_rumi" title="Q'awchi rumi – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Q'awchi rumi" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C" title="Кремень – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Кремень" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%83%D1%80" title="Чокуур – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Чокуур" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%83" title="अग्निप्रस्तरः – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="अग्निप्रस्तरः" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint" title="Flint – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Flint" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicit" title="Silicit – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Silicit" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremen" title="Kremen – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Kremen" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%95%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%95%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8E" title="بەردەستێ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="بەردەستێ" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Кремен – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Кремен" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremen" title="Kremen – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Kremen" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piikivi" title="Piikivi – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Piikivi" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinta" title="Flinta – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Flinta" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batong_pingkian" title="Batong pingkian – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Batong pingkian" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D" title="தீக்கல் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="தீக்கல்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanicca" title="Tanicca – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Tanicca" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%88" title="Чакматаш – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Чакматаш" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tay mw-list-item"><a href="https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/mcira_puniq" title="mcira puniq – Tayal" lang="tay" hreflang="tay" data-title="mcira puniq" data-language-autonym="Tayal" data-language-local-name="Tayal" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tayal</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-chr mw-list-item"><a href="https://chr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8F%93%E1%8F%AB%E1%8F%8D%E1%8E%A6%E1%8E%B3" title="ᏓᏫᏍᎦᎳ – Cherokee" lang="chr" hreflang="chr" data-title="ᏓᏫᏍᎦᎳ" data-language-autonym="ᏣᎳᎩ" data-language-local-name="Cherokee" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᏣᎳᎩ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87akmak_ta%C5%9F%C4%B1" title="Çakmak taşı – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Çakmak taşı" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kcg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsi%CC%B1ntsaat" title="Tsi̱ntsaat – Tyap" lang="kcg" hreflang="kcg" data-title="Tsi̱ntsaat" data-language-autonym="Tyap" data-language-local-name="Tyap" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tyap</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%8C" title="Кремінь – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Кремінь" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90%C3%A1_l%E1%BB%ADa_(tr%E1%BA%A7m_t%C3%ADch)" title="Đá lửa (trầm tích) – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Đá lửa (trầm tích)" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro mw-list-item"><a href="https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A4nikivi" title="Ränikivi – Võro" lang="vro" hreflang="vro" data-title="Ränikivi" data-language-autonym="Võro" data-language-local-name="Võro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Võro</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%87%A7%E7%9F%B3" title="燧石 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="燧石" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%81%AB%E7%9F%B3" title="火石 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="火石" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bat-smg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bat-smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%97tnagos" title="Tėtnagos – Samogitian" lang="sgs" hreflang="sgs" data-title="Tėtnagos" data-language-autonym="Žemaitėška" 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Flint_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Flint (disambiguation)">Flint (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Flint</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color: #cddeff"><b><a href="/wiki/Sedimentary" class="mw-redirect" title="Sedimentary">Sedimentary rock</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Miorcani_flint.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A sample of Miorcani flint" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Miorcani_flint.jpg/220px-Miorcani_flint.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Miorcani_flint.jpg/330px-Miorcani_flint.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Miorcani_flint.jpg/440px-Miorcani_flint.jpg 2x" data-file-width="939" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A sample of Miorcani flint from the <a href="/wiki/Cenomanian" title="Cenomanian">Cenomanian</a> chalky marl layer of the <a href="/wiki/Moldavian_Plateau" title="Moldavian Plateau">Moldavian Plateau</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 7.5 cm (3.0 in)</span> wide)</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Composition</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Cryptocrystalline" title="Cryptocrystalline">Cryptocrystalline</a> <a href="/wiki/Quartz" title="Quartz">quartz</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flint,_9cm,_171gm.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flint%2C_9cm%2C_171gm.jpg/220px-Flint%2C_9cm%2C_171gm.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flint%2C_9cm%2C_171gm.jpg/330px-Flint%2C_9cm%2C_171gm.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flint%2C_9cm%2C_171gm.jpg/440px-Flint%2C_9cm%2C_171gm.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4304" data-file-height="3515" /></a><figcaption>A piece of flint 9–10 cm (3.5–3.9 in) long, weighing 171 grams</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Flint</b>, occasionally <b>flintstone</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_rock" title="Sedimentary rock">sedimentary</a> <a href="/wiki/Cryptocrystalline" title="Cryptocrystalline">cryptocrystalline</a> form of the <a href="/wiki/Mineral" title="Mineral">mineral</a> <a href="/wiki/Quartz" title="Quartz">quartz</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> categorized as the variety of <a href="/wiki/Chert" title="Chert">chert</a> that occurs in <a href="/wiki/Chalk" title="Chalk">chalk</a> or <a href="/wiki/Marl" title="Marl">marly</a> <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a>. Historically, flint was widely used to make <a href="/wiki/Stone_tool" title="Stone tool">stone tools</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fire_making" title="Fire making">start fires</a>. </p><p>Flint occurs chiefly as <a href="/wiki/Nodule_(geology)" title="Nodule (geology)">nodules</a> and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as <a href="/wiki/Chalk" title="Chalk">chalks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Flints_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flints-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey or black, green, white, or brown in colour, and has a glassy or waxy appearance. A thin, oxidised layer on the outside of the nodules is usually different in colour, typically white and rough in texture. The nodules can often be found along <a href="/wiki/Stream" title="Stream">streams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beach" title="Beach">beaches</a>. </p><p>Flint breaks and chips into sharp-edged pieces, making it useful in constructing a variety of cutting tools, such as knife blades and scrapers. The use of flint to make <a href="/wiki/Stone_tools" class="mw-redirect" title="Stone tools">stone tools</a> dates back more than three million years; flint's extreme durability has made it possible to accurately date its use over this time. 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This "Ohio Flint" was traded across the eastern United States, and has been found as far west as the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountains" title="Rocky Mountains">Rocky Mountains</a> and south around the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When struck against steel, flint will produce enough sparks to ignite a fire with the correct <a href="/wiki/Tinder" title="Tinder">tinder</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Gunpowder" title="Gunpowder">gunpowder</a> used <a href="/wiki/History_of_gunpowder" title="History of gunpowder">in weapons</a>, namely the <a href="/wiki/Flintlock" title="Flintlock">flintlock</a> <a href="/wiki/Flintlock_mechanism" title="Flintlock mechanism">firing mechanism</a>. Although it has been superseded in these uses by different processes (the <a href="/wiki/Percussion_cap" title="Percussion cap">percussion cap</a>), or materials (<a href="/wiki/Ferrocerium" title="Ferrocerium">ferrocerium</a>), "flint" has lent its name as generic term for a fire starter. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flint&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Silica_pseudomorph_after_halite_crystals_and_silicified_remains_of_algae_6.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Silica_pseudomorph_after_halite_crystals_and_silicified_remains_of_algae_6.jpg/220px-Silica_pseudomorph_after_halite_crystals_and_silicified_remains_of_algae_6.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Silica_pseudomorph_after_halite_crystals_and_silicified_remains_of_algae_6.jpg/330px-Silica_pseudomorph_after_halite_crystals_and_silicified_remains_of_algae_6.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Silica_pseudomorph_after_halite_crystals_and_silicified_remains_of_algae_6.jpg/440px-Silica_pseudomorph_after_halite_crystals_and_silicified_remains_of_algae_6.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2016" data-file-height="1512" /></a><figcaption>Silicified remains of algae and silica pseudomorph after halite in flint. Pebble of Loire near Marcigny, France. Image width: about 5 mm.</figcaption></figure> <p>The exact mode of formation of flint is not yet clear, but it is thought that it occurs as a result of chemical changes in compressed sedimentary rock formations during the process of <a href="/wiki/Diagenesis" title="Diagenesis">diagenesis</a>. One <a href="/wiki/Hypothesis" title="Hypothesis">hypothesis</a> is that a gelatinous material fills cavities in the sediment, such as holes bored by <a href="/wiki/Crustaceans" class="mw-redirect" title="Crustaceans">crustaceans</a> or <a href="/wiki/Molluscs" class="mw-redirect" title="Molluscs">molluscs</a> and that this becomes <a href="/wiki/Silicification" title="Silicification">silicified</a>. This hypothesis would certainly explain the complex shapes of flint nodules that are found. The source of dissolved silica in the porous media could be the <a href="/wiki/Spicules_of_silicious_sponges" class="mw-redirect" title="Spicules of silicious sponges">spicules of silicious sponges</a> (<a href="/wiki/Demosponge" title="Demosponge">demosponges</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Flints_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flints-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Certain types of flint, such as that from the south coast of England and its counterpart on the French side of the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">Channel</a>, contain trapped fossilised marine flora. Pieces of coral and vegetation have been found preserved inside the flint similar to insects and plant parts within <a href="/wiki/Amber" title="Amber">amber</a>. Thin slices of the stone often reveal this effect. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flintbeach.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flintbeach.jpg/170px-Flintbeach.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flintbeach.jpg/255px-Flintbeach.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Flintbeach.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="439" /></a><figcaption>Pebble beach made up of flint nodules eroded from the nearby <a href="/wiki/Chalk" title="Chalk">chalk</a> cliffs, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Arkona" title="Cape Arkona">Cape Arkona</a>, <a href="/wiki/R%C3%BCgen" title="Rügen">Rügen</a>, northeast Germany</figcaption></figure> <p>Flint sometimes occurs in large <a href="/wiki/Flint_fields" class="mw-redirect" title="Flint fields">flint fields</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jurassic" title="Jurassic">Jurassic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Cretaceous" title="Cretaceous">Cretaceous</a> beds, for example, in Europe. Puzzling giant flint formations known as <a href="/wiki/Paramoudra" title="Paramoudra">paramoudra</a> and flint circles are found around Europe but especially in Norfolk, England, on the beaches at <a href="/wiki/Beeston_Regis#Beeston_Hill_(Beeston_Bump)" title="Beeston Regis">Beeston Bump</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Runton" title="West Runton">West Runton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The "Ohio flint" is the official gemstone of Ohio state. It is formed from limey debris that was deposited at the bottom of inland <a href="/wiki/Paleozoic" title="Paleozoic">Paleozoic</a> seas hundreds of millions of years ago that hardened into <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a> and later became infused with <a href="/wiki/Silica" class="mw-redirect" title="Silica">silica</a>. The flint from Flint Ridge is found in many hues like red, green, pink, blue, white, and grey, with the colour variations caused by minute impurities of iron compounds.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Flint can be coloured: sandy brown, medium to dark grey, black, reddish brown or an off-white grey.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uses">Uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flint&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tools_or_cutting_edges">Tools or cutting edges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flint&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tools or cutting edges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Feuersteinaxt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Feuersteinaxt.jpg/220px-Feuersteinaxt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Feuersteinaxt.jpg/330px-Feuersteinaxt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Feuersteinaxt.jpg/440px-Feuersteinaxt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="441" data-file-height="135" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> flint axe, about 31 cm long</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Folsom_point.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Folsom_point.png" decoding="async" width="129" height="230" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="129" data-file-height="230" /></a><figcaption>A 12,000 year old <a href="/wiki/Folsom_tradition" title="Folsom tradition">Folsom tradition</a> spearpoint about 76 mm (3 in) long</figcaption></figure> <p>Flint was used in the manufacture of tools during the <a href="/wiki/Stone_Age" title="Stone Age">Stone Age</a> as it splits into thin, sharp splinters called flakes or blades (depending on the shape) when struck by another hard object (such as a <a href="/wiki/Hammerstone" title="Hammerstone">hammerstone</a> made of another material). This process is referred to as <a href="/wiki/Knapping" title="Knapping">knapping</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Flint mining is attested since the <a href="/wiki/Paleolithic" title="Paleolithic">Paleolithic</a>, but became more common since the <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> (Michelsberg culture, <a href="/wiki/Funnelbeaker_culture" title="Funnelbeaker culture">Funnelbeaker culture</a>). In Europe, some of the best toolmaking flint has come from Belgium (Obourg, flint mines of <a href="/wiki/Spiennes" title="Spiennes">Spiennes</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the coastal chalks of the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Paris_Basin" title="Paris Basin">Paris Basin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thy_(district)" title="Thy (district)">Thy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jutland" title="Jutland">Jutland</a> (flint mine at Hov), the Sennonian deposits of <a href="/wiki/R%C3%BCgen" title="Rügen">Rügen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grimes_Graves" class="mw-redirect" title="Grimes Graves">Grimes Graves</a> in England, the Upper Cretaceous chalk formation of <a href="/wiki/Dobruja" title="Dobruja">Dobruja</a> and the lower <a href="/wiki/Danube" title="Danube">Danube</a> (Balkan flint), the Cenomanian chalky marl formation of the <a href="/wiki/Moldavian_Plateau" title="Moldavian Plateau">Moldavian Plateau</a> (Miorcani flint) and the <a href="/wiki/Jurassic" title="Jurassic">Jurassic</a> deposits of the <a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a> area and <a href="/wiki/Krzemionki" title="Krzemionki">Krzemionki</a> in Poland, as well as of the <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A4gern" title="Lägern">Lägern</a> (<a href="/wiki/Silex" title="Silex">silex</a>) in the <a href="/wiki/Jura_Mountains" title="Jura Mountains">Jura Mountains</a> of Switzerland. </p><p>In 1938, a project of the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Historical_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Ohio Historical Society">Ohio Historical Society</a>, under the leadership of H. Holmes Ellis began to study the knapping methods and techniques of <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">Native Americans</a>. Like past studies, this work involved experimenting with actual knapping techniques by creation of stone tools through the use of techniques like direct freehand percussion, freehand pressure and pressure using a rest. Other scholars who have conducted similar experiments and studies include <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Holmes" title="William Henry Holmes">William Henry Holmes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alonzo_W._Pond" title="Alonzo W. Pond">Alonzo W. Pond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sir_Francis_Knowles,_5th_Baronet" title="Sir Francis Knowles, 5th Baronet">Francis H. S. Knowles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Don_Crabtree" title="Don Crabtree">Don Crabtree</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To reduce susceptibility to fragmentation, flint/chert may be heat-treated, being slowly brought up to a temperature of 150 to 260 °C (300 to 500 °F) for 24 hours, then slowly cooled to room temperature. This makes the material more homogeneous and thus more <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knap" class="extiw" title="wikt:knap">knappable</a> and produces tools with a cleaner, sharper cutting edge. Heat treating was known to Stone Age artisans.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="To_ignite_fire_or_gunpowder">To ignite fire or gunpowder</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flint&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: To ignite fire or gunpowder"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flint_spark_lighter_striking.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flint_spark_lighter_striking.jpg/220px-Flint_spark_lighter_striking.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flint_spark_lighter_striking.jpg/330px-Flint_spark_lighter_striking.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flint_spark_lighter_striking.jpg/440px-Flint_spark_lighter_striking.jpg 2x" data-file-width="826" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>A ferrocerium "flint" spark lighter in action</figcaption></figure> <p>When struck against steel, a flint edge produces sparks. The hard flint edge shaves off a particle of the steel that exposes iron, which reacts with <a href="/wiki/Oxygen" title="Oxygen">oxygen</a> from the atmosphere and can ignite the proper <a href="/wiki/Tinder" title="Tinder">tinder</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-angelfire_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-angelfire-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to the wide availability of steel, rocks of <a href="/wiki/Pyrite" title="Pyrite">pyrite</a> (FeS<sub>2</sub>) would be used along with the flint, in a similar (but more time-consuming) way. These methods remain popular in woodcraft, bushcraft, and amongst people practising traditional fire-starting skills.<sup id="cite_ref-Bush_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bush-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Survival_Cache_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Survival_Cache-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Flintlocks">Flintlocks</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flint&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Flintlocks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Firesteels_assorted.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Firesteels_assorted.jpg/170px-Firesteels_assorted.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Firesteels_assorted.jpg/255px-Firesteels_assorted.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Firesteels_assorted.jpg/340px-Firesteels_assorted.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2136" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Assorted reproduction <a href="/wiki/Firesteel" class="mw-redirect" title="Firesteel">firesteels</a> typical of Roman to Medieval period</figcaption></figure> <p>A later, major use of flint and steel was in the <a href="/wiki/Flintlock_mechanism" title="Flintlock mechanism">flintlock mechanism</a>, used primarily in <a href="/wiki/Flintlock" title="Flintlock">flintlock</a> firearms, but also used on dedicated fire-starting tools. A piece of flint held in the jaws of a spring-loaded hammer, when released by a trigger, strikes a <a href="/wiki/Hinged" class="mw-redirect" title="Hinged">hinged</a> piece of steel ("<a href="/wiki/Frizzen" title="Frizzen">frizzen</a>") at an angle, creating a shower of sparks and exposing a charge of priming powder. The sparks ignite the priming powder and that flame, in turn, ignites the main charge, propelling the ball, bullet, or shot through the barrel. While the military use of the flintlock declined after the adoption of the <a href="/wiki/Percussion_cap" title="Percussion cap">percussion cap</a> from the 1840s onward, flintlock rifles and shotguns remain in use amongst recreational shooters. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Comparison_with_ferrocerium">Comparison with ferrocerium</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flint&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Comparison with ferrocerium"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Flint and steel used to strike sparks were superseded in the 20th century by <a href="/wiki/Ferrocerium" title="Ferrocerium">ferrocerium</a> (sometimes referred to as "flint", although not true flint, "<a href="/wiki/Mischmetal" title="Mischmetal">mischmetal</a>", "hot spark", "metal match", or "fire steel"). This human-made material, when scraped with any hard, sharp edge, produces sparks that are much hotter than obtained with natural flint and steel, allowing use of a wider range of tinders. Because it can produce sparks when wet and can start fires when used correctly, ferrocerium is commonly included in <a href="/wiki/Survival_kit" title="Survival kit">survival kits</a>. Ferrocerium is used in many cigarette lighters, where it is referred to as "a flint". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fragmentation">Fragmentation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flint&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Fragmentation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Flint's utility as a fire starter is hampered by its property of uneven expansion under heating, causing it to fracture, sometimes violently, during heating. This tendency is enhanced by the impurities found in most samples of flint that may expand to a greater or lesser degree than the surrounding stone, and is similar to the tendency of <a href="/wiki/Thermal_fracturing_in_glass" title="Thermal fracturing in glass">glass to shatter</a> when exposed to heat, and can become a drawback when flint is used as a <a href="/wiki/Building_material" title="Building material">building material</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_a_building_material">As a building material</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flint&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: As a building material"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Flint, knapped or unknapped, has been used from antiquity (for example at the Late Roman fort of <a href="/wiki/Burgh_Castle_Roman_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="Burgh Castle Roman Site">Burgh Castle</a> in Norfolk) up to the present day as a material for building stone walls, using lime mortar, and often combined with other available stone or brick rubble. It was most common in those parts of southern England where no good building stone was available locally, and where brick-making was not widespread until the later Middle Ages. It is especially associated with <a href="/wiki/East_Anglia" title="East Anglia">East Anglia</a>, but also used in chalky areas stretching through <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a>, Sussex, <a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a> to <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>. </p><p>Flint was used in the construction of many churches, houses, and other buildings, for example, the large stronghold of <a href="/wiki/Framlingham_Castle" title="Framlingham Castle">Framlingham Castle</a>. Many different decorative effects have been achieved by using different types of knapping or arrangement and combinations with stone (<a href="/wiki/Flushwork" title="Flushwork">flushwork</a>), especially in the 15th and early 16th centuries. Because knapping flints to a relatively flush surface and size is a highly skilled process with a high level of wastage, flint finishes typically indicate high status buildings. </p><p>During World War I, in the chalky-soil country of France, the British filled sandbags with flint and used these sandbags as breastworks.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flint_church_in_england_arp.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A flint church – the Parish Church of Saint Thomas, in Cricket Saint Thomas, Somerset, England. The height of the very neatly knapped flints varies between 3 and 5 inches (7.6 and 12.7 cm)."><img alt="A flint church – the Parish Church of Saint Thomas, in Cricket Saint Thomas, Somerset, England. The height of the very neatly knapped flints varies between 3 and 5 inches (7.6 and 12.7 cm)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Flint_church_in_england_arp.jpg/92px-Flint_church_in_england_arp.jpg" decoding="async" width="92" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Flint_church_in_england_arp.jpg/138px-Flint_church_in_england_arp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Flint_church_in_england_arp.jpg/184px-Flint_church_in_england_arp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1269" data-file-height="1650" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A flint church – the Parish Church of Saint Thomas, in <a href="/wiki/Cricket_Saint_Thomas" class="mw-redirect" title="Cricket Saint Thomas">Cricket Saint Thomas</a>, Somerset, England. The height of the very neatly knapped flints varies between 3 and 5 inches (7.6 and 12.7 cm).</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gariannonum_Burgh_Castle_south_wall_well_preserved_close_up.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Close-up of the wall of the Roman shore fort at Burgh Castle, Norfolk, showing alternating courses of flint and brick"><img alt="Close-up of the wall of the Roman shore fort at Burgh Castle, Norfolk, showing alternating courses of flint and brick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Gariannonum_Burgh_Castle_south_wall_well_preserved_close_up.jpg/120px-Gariannonum_Burgh_Castle_south_wall_well_preserved_close_up.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Gariannonum_Burgh_Castle_south_wall_well_preserved_close_up.jpg/180px-Gariannonum_Burgh_Castle_south_wall_well_preserved_close_up.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Gariannonum_Burgh_Castle_south_wall_well_preserved_close_up.jpg/240px-Gariannonum_Burgh_Castle_south_wall_well_preserved_close_up.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Close-up of the wall of the Roman <a href="/wiki/Saxon_Shore" title="Saxon Shore">shore fort</a> at <a href="/wiki/Burgh_Castle_Roman_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="Burgh Castle Roman Site">Burgh Castle</a>, Norfolk, showing alternating courses of flint and <a href="/wiki/Roman_brick" title="Roman brick">brick</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Surroundings_of_Canterbury_Cathedral_02.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="A typical medieval wall (with modern memorial) at Canterbury Cathedral – knapped and unknapped ("cobble") flints are mixed with pieces of brick and other stones."><img alt="A typical medieval wall (with modern memorial) at Canterbury Cathedral – knapped and unknapped ("cobble") flints are mixed with pieces of brick and other stones." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Surroundings_of_Canterbury_Cathedral_02.JPG/120px-Surroundings_of_Canterbury_Cathedral_02.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Surroundings_of_Canterbury_Cathedral_02.JPG/180px-Surroundings_of_Canterbury_Cathedral_02.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Surroundings_of_Canterbury_Cathedral_02.JPG/240px-Surroundings_of_Canterbury_Cathedral_02.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2205" data-file-height="1746" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A typical medieval wall (with modern memorial) at <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Cathedral" title="Canterbury Cathedral">Canterbury Cathedral</a> – knapped and unknapped ("cobble") flints are mixed with pieces of brick and other stones.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2004_thetford_03.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Ruins of Thetford Priory show flints and mortar through the whole depth of the wall"><img alt="Ruins of Thetford Priory show flints and mortar through the whole depth of the wall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/2004_thetford_03.JPG/120px-2004_thetford_03.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/2004_thetford_03.JPG/180px-2004_thetford_03.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/2004_thetford_03.JPG/240px-2004_thetford_03.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="2136" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ruins of <a href="/wiki/Thetford" title="Thetford">Thetford</a> Priory show flints and mortar through the whole depth of the wall</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ceramics">Ceramics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flint&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Ceramics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Flint pebbles are used as the media in ball mills to grind glazes and other raw materials for the ceramics industry.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pebbles are hand-selected based on colour; those having a tint of red, indicating high iron content, are discarded. The remaining blue-grey stones have a low content of <a href="/wiki/Chromophoric" class="mw-redirect" title="Chromophoric">chromophoric</a> oxides and so are less deleterious to the colour of the ceramic composition after firing.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_name_of_the_company_on_the_site_is_now_James_Kent_Limited._The_three_calcining_ovens_-_formerly_used_for_preparing_flint_for_the_ceramic_industry_are_often_known_as_%27salt,_pepper_and_vinegar%27_by_local_people.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/The_name_of_the_company_on_the_site_is_now_James_Kent_Limited._The_three_calcining_ovens_-_formerly_used_for_preparing_flint_for_the_ceramic_industry_are_often_known_as_%27salt%2C_pepper_and_vinegar%27_by_local_people.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/The_name_of_the_company_on_the_site_is_now_James_Kent_Limited._The_three_calcining_ovens_-_formerly_used_for_preparing_flint_for_the_ceramic_industry_are_often_known_as_%27salt%2C_pepper_and_vinegar%27_by_local_people.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/The_name_of_the_company_on_the_site_is_now_James_Kent_Limited._The_three_calcining_ovens_-_formerly_used_for_preparing_flint_for_the_ceramic_industry_are_often_known_as_%27salt%2C_pepper_and_vinegar%27_by_local_people.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Bottle kilns traditionally used for <a href="/wiki/Calcination" title="Calcination">calcining</a> flint</figcaption></figure> <p>Until recently <a href="/wiki/Calcination" title="Calcination">calcined</a> flint was also an important raw material in clay-based <a href="/wiki/Ceramic" title="Ceramic">ceramic</a> bodies produced in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sugden-2001-IC-2_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sugden-2001-IC-2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Pottery" title="Pottery">clay bodies</a>, calcined flint attenuates the shrinkage whilst drying, and modifies the fired thermal expansion.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flint can also be used in glazes as a network former.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In preparation for use flint pebbles, frequently sourced from the coasts of South-East England or Western France, were <a href="/wiki/Calcination" title="Calcination">calcined</a> to around 1,000 °C (1,800 °F). This heating process both removed organic impurities and induced certain physical reactions, including converting some of the quartz to <a href="/wiki/Cristobalite" title="Cristobalite">cristobalite</a>. After calcination the flint pebbles were crushed and milled to a fine particle size.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the use of flint has now been superseded by <a href="/wiki/Quartz" title="Quartz">quartz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sugden-2001-IC-2_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sugden-2001-IC-2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of the historical use of flint, the word "flint" is used by some potters (especially in the U.S.) to refer generically to siliceous raw materials used in ceramics that are not flint.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jewelry">Jewelry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flint&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Jewelry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Flint bracelets were known in Ancient Egypt, and several examples have been found.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flint&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Mineralogy</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agate" title="Agate">Agate</a> – Rock consisting of cryptocrystalline silica alternating with microgranular quartz</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalcedony" title="Chalcedony">Chalcedony</a> – Microcrystalline varieties of silica</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chert" title="Chert">Chert</a> – Hard, fine-grained sedimentary rock composed of cryptocrystalline silica</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eolith" title="Eolith">Eolith</a> – Knapped flint nodule</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper" title="Jasper">Jasper</a> – Chalcedony variety colored by iron oxide</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nodule_(geology)" title="Nodule (geology)">Nodule (geology)</a> – Small mass of a mineral with a contrasting composition to the enclosing sediment or rock not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Concretion" title="Concretion">concretion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obsidian" title="Obsidian">Obsidian</a> – Naturally occurring volcanic glass</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onyx" title="Onyx">Onyx</a> – Banded variety of mineral</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opal" title="Opal">Opal</a> – Hydrated amorphous form of silica</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whinstone" title="Whinstone">Whinstone</a> – Quarrying term for any hard dark-coloured rock</li></ul> <p><b>Archaeology</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_flint_jewelry" title="Ancient Egyptian flint jewelry">Ancient Egyptian flint jewellery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clovis_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="Clovis Point">Clovis points</a> – New World prehistoric projectile, archaeological artefacts of the <a href="/wiki/Clovis_culture" title="Clovis culture">Clovis culture</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>, US</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimes_Graves" class="mw-redirect" title="Grimes Graves">Grimes Graves</a> – Flint mine<span style="display:none" class="category-annotation-with-redirected-description">Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets</span>, a prehistoric flint mine in <a href="/wiki/Norfolk" title="Norfolk">Norfolk</a>, England</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flint_Ridge_State_Memorial" title="Flint Ridge State Memorial">Flint Ridge State Memorial</a> – Archaeological site in Ohio, United States, a Native American flint quarry in <a href="/wiki/Hopewell_Township,_Licking_County,_Ohio" title="Hopewell Township, Licking County, Ohio">Hopewell Township</a>, Licking County, Ohio, US</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flint_mine" class="mw-redirect" title="Flint mine">Flint mine</a> – quarrying of flint, usually in antiquity<span style="display:none" class="category-wikidata-fallback-annotation">Pages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flint&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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title="Picrite basalt">Picrite basalt</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basaltic_trachyandesite" class="mw-redirect" title="Basaltic trachyandesite">Basaltic trachyandesite</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mugearite" title="Mugearite">Mugearite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoshonite" title="Shoshonite">Shoshonite</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basanite" title="Basanite">Basanite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blairmorite" title="Blairmorite">Blairmorite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boninite" title="Boninite">Boninite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carbonatite" title="Carbonatite">Carbonatite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charnockite" title="Charnockite">Charnockite</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Enderbite" title="Enderbite">Enderbite</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dacite" title="Dacite">Dacite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diabase" title="Diabase">Diabase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diorite" title="Diorite">Diorite</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Napoleonite" 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title="Phonolite">Phonolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phonotephrite" title="Phonotephrite">Phonotephrite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porphyry_(geology)" title="Porphyry (geology)">Porphyry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumice" title="Pumice">Pumice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyroxenite" title="Pyroxenite">Pyroxenite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quartz_diorite" title="Quartz diorite">Quartz diorite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quartz_monzonite" title="Quartz monzonite">Quartz monzonite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quartzolite" title="Quartzolite">Quartzolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhyodacite" title="Rhyodacite">Rhyodacite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhyolite" title="Rhyolite">Rhyolite</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comendite" title="Comendite">Comendite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantellerite" title="Pantellerite">Pantellerite</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scoria" title="Scoria">Scoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shonkinite" title="Shonkinite">Shonkinite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovite" title="Sovite">Sovite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syenite" title="Syenite">Syenite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tachylyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Tachylyte">Tachylyte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tephriphonolite" title="Tephriphonolite">Tephriphonolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tephrite" title="Tephrite">Tephrite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonalite" title="Tonalite">Tonalite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trachyandesite" title="Trachyandesite">Trachyandesite</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benmoreite" title="Benmoreite">Benmoreite</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trachybasalt" title="Trachybasalt">Trachybasalt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hawaiite" title="Hawaiite">Hawaiite</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trachyte" title="Trachyte">Trachyte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troctolite" title="Troctolite">Troctolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trondhjemite" title="Trondhjemite">Trondhjemite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuff" title="Tuff">Tuff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Websterite" title="Websterite">Websterite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wehrlite" title="Wehrlite">Wehrlite</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_rock" title="Sedimentary rock">Sedimentary rock</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argillite" title="Argillite">Argillite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkose" title="Arkose">Arkose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banded_iron_formation" title="Banded iron formation">Banded iron formation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breccia" title="Breccia">Breccia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcarenite" title="Calcarenite">Calcarenite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalk" title="Chalk">Chalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chert" title="Chert">Chert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claystone" class="mw-redirect" title="Claystone">Claystone</a></li> <li><a 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