cherty

English

Etymology

From chert +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɜɹti/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ti

Adjective

cherty (comparative chertier, superlative chertiest)

1. (geology, mineralogy) Containing chert.
   • 1879, James Stevenson, Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879‎:

     Rudely shaped, of hard cherty rock, flat on the inner face, convex on the back. 2759.

   • 1913, Charles Darwin, A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World‎:

     Its mineralogical constitution is not simple; in some parts the rock is of a cherty, in others of a feldspathic nature, including thin veins of serpentine.

   • 1998 February 6, Chia-Wei Li et al., “Precambrian Sponges with Cellular Structures”, in Science‎, volume 279, number 5352, →DOI, pages 879–882:

     It is represented by a phosphate-dolostone sequence in Wengan, where it is 33 to 55 m thick and consists mainly of dark phosphate, cherty phosphate, chert, and gray dolomite.

Derived terms

• chertiness

Anagrams

• cryeth