Flint

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Sidestrand beach, Cromer, Norfolk, England, UK
© Martin Stolworthy

Technically a rock, not a mineral, being composed largely of tiny grains of quartz with few other minerals involved. Similar to chert, but dark, and it forms in a somewhat different environment.

Used to manufacture stone tools in prehistoric times.

Classification of Flint

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German:	Feuerstein

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Health Warning:

Quartz is usually quite harmless unless broken or powdered. Flint may have razor-sharp edges that can easily cut skin and flesh. Handle with care. Do not grind dry since long-term exposure to finely ground powder may lead to silicosis.

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Localities for Flint

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Australia
South Australia Flinders Ranges North Flinders Ranges Arkaroola area Point McDonnell
Victoria Lorne Spout Creek Beach

Austria
Lower Austria Waldviertel Lichtenau im Waldviertel Loiwein	Huber, S. and Huber, P. (1977): Mineral-Fundstellen Band 8: Oberösterreich, Niederösterreich und Burgenland. C. Weise Verlag, München, 270 pp. (in German)

Azerbaijan
Göygöl (Hanlar) district El'vor (El'vorskoe) deposit	Pavel M. Kartashov data

Belgium
Liège Province Eben-Emael Marnebel quarry	found by FdW
Romontbos quarry	http://www.strahlen.org/vp/be/romontbos/
Visé Pietersberg Caestert mine	Frank de Wit collection
Limburg Province Kanne Avergat	Frank de Wit collection
De Keel	Frank de Wit collection
Mathuus	Frank de Wit collection
Riemst Zichen Zussen Bolder Roosburg	found by FdW

Bolivia
Cochabamba Department Esteban Arce Province Pajcha Pata	specimens collected by Alfredo Petrov, Richard Dale, Amir Akhavan.

China
Hunan Province Changsha Prefecture Liuyang Co. Yonghe Yonghe sepiolite mine	Ruishi Yang and Wenguang Li (2001): Geology of Chemical Minerals 23(1), 25-30
Shaanxi Province Shangluo Prefecture Shanyang Co. Xiajiadian Au-(V) deposit	Lianxiao Yuan, Tao Ren, Ying Li, and Zhongping Fan (2007): Geology and Prospecting 43(5), 68-73
Xinjiang (Xinjiang-Uygur) Autonomous Region Bayin'gholin (Bayingolin; Bayinguoleng) Autonomous Prefecture Ruoqiang (Qakilik; Chaqiliq) Co. Baigan Lake (Baigan Hu) Baiganhu W-Sn deposit	Guizhong Liu, Hongmao Li, Jusheng Wang, Tianmin Zhang, and Chengyin Song (2007): Xinjiang Geology 25(2), 169-173

Cyprus
Famagusta District (Ammochostos District; Gazimağusa District) Agia Napa (Ayia Napa)	Prüfer, P. (2010): Mineralien der Insel Zypern. Der Aufschluss 61, 97-106. (in German)

Denmark
Jylland Djursland Gjerrild bay	Collection of Peter Andresen.
Viborg Stoholm Mønsted Limestone Mines	bert de ruiter

France
Midi-Pyrénées Lot Cajarc Mas Merlin	Ref: Inventoire mineralogique de la France no.10 - Bureau de Recherches Geologiques en Minieres, 1982, ISBN 2-7159-0012-0
Nord-Pas-de-Calais Pas-de-Calais Cap Blanc-Nez (Escalles)	Paul De Bondt.
Upper Normandy Seine-Maritime Etretat	Christian Bracke Collection
Saint-Valéry-en-Caux	F. Périnet collection

Germany
Bavaria Swabia Nördlingen Holheim Limestone quarry	S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
Brandenburg Großräschen Saalhausen Gravel quarry	A. Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 2001
Lübbenau Calau Plieskendorf Gravel quarry	A. Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 2001
Lower Saxony Lüneburg Lüneburger Heide	A. Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Rostock Bad Doberan Kühlungsborn	A. Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 2001
Stralsund Rügen Island	A. Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 2001
Saxony Grimma Bad Lausick Ebersbach	Lüttich, M. (2008): Änderungen von Fundmöglichkeiten auf Lesesteinfeldern am Beispiel Ebersbach bei Bad Lausick in Sachsen, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 59, 201-207
Schleswig-Holstein Brunsbüttel Buchholz - Kuden area	A. Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 2001
Eckernförde Brekendorf	A. Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 2001
Eckernförde Bay
Elmshorn Barmstedt Gravel pits (Heede; Lutzhorn)	A. Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 2001
Fehmarn Island Katharinenhof	A. Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 2001
Helgoland Island	Amir C. Akhavan collection
Düne Island	Markus Gerstmann - Collection
Itzehoe Lägerdorf Cement works quarry	A. Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 2001
Saturn quarry	A. Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 2001
Lübeck Travemünde Brodten	A. Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 2001
Oldenburg Heiligenhafen	A. Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 2001
Schwarzenbek Groß Pampau Ohle gravel pit	A. Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 2001

Italy
Veneto Vicenza Province Valdagno Novale Contrada Rossati di Sotto Fosse di Novale	personaly found by Mr. Gianfranco Capolupi

Malta	www.geocities.com/RainForest/3096/mineral.html (in the Globigerina limestone strata)


Netherlands
Limburg Bemelen 't Rooth quarry	found by FdW
Cadier en Keer Juliana quarry	T.G. Nijland, J.C. Zwaan, D. Visser, J. Leloux - De mineralen van Nederland - 2007
Houthem Curfs quarry	Buurman et al (1975) in 'Geologie en Mijnbouw'
Maastricht Pietersberg Caestert mine	findings Frank de Wit
ENCI quarry	T.G. Nijland, J.C. Zwaan, D. Visser, J. Leloux - De mineralen van Nederland - 2007
Rijckholt mines
Sibbe Sibbe mine	found september 2005 by Frank de Wit.

Poland
Podkarpackie Tarnobrzeg Środborze	http://www.flintsource.net/flint/PL_band.html

Romania
Hunedoara Co. Techereu (Tekerő)	Primics, G. (1886): Das Vorkommen der derben Quarzvarietäten bei Tekerő. Földtani Közlöny, 16, 347-353.

Russia
North-Western Region Kaliningradskaya Oblast' Jantarny (Yantarny; Palmnicken) Anna Amber mine	Pavel M. Kartashov data

Spain
Catalonia Tarragona Priorat Morera de Montsant	Ref.: Aufschluss 1974(4), 220-223
Madrid Madrid Vallecas Sepiolite deposit	Ruishi Yang and Wenguang Li (2001): Geology of Chemical Minerals 23(1), 25-30
Valencian Community Valencia Alfarp	MTI Mineralogía Topográfica Ibérica, 2008

Sweden
Skåne Eslöv Odarslöv Getinge	Bergskollegiums collection # 18572804, The Swedish Museum of Natural History
Helsingborg Roselund	The Swedish Museum of Natural History, Bergskollegiums collection # 18572958
Höganäs Kullaberg	Swedish Nat.Musuem
Kristianstad Fjälkinge Fjälkinge Backar	Swedish Nat.Musuem. Hjalmar Sjögren coll.
Kristianstad quarry	Swedish Nat.Museum
Landskrona Glumslöv	Swedish Nat.Musuem
Säbyholm	Swedish Nat.Musuem
Lomma Alnarp	Swedish Nat.Musuem
Lomma seashore	Swedish Nat.Musuem
Lund	Swedish Natural Museum collection
Malmö Limhamn quarry	Bergström, J.& N.A.Shaikh SGU Rapp. Medd. 31,1982
Södra Sallerup Kvarnby
Tullstorp	Swedish Nat.Musuem
Vellinge Hököpinge	The Swedish Museum of Natural History, Bergskollegiums collection # 18572847

Switzerland
Jura Pleigne Löwenburg Flint quarry	Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz. Wepf (Basel), p. 105.
Solothurn Olten Born Quarry	Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz. Wepf (Basel), p. 105.

Turkey
Marmara Region Balikesir Province Biga peninsula Sebepliköy (Sebepli)

UK
England Cornwall Isles of Scilly	Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.
Mount's Bay District Ludgvan	Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.
St Just District Sennen Land's End	Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.
Kent Dover	http://www.discoveringfossils.co.uk/dover_kent_fossils.htm
Suffolk Brandon	Foster, Clement La Neve "Treatise on Ore and Stone Mining" London 1905
Lingheath	Foster, Clement La Neve "Treatise on Ore and Stone Mining" London 1905
West Sussex Climping Beach
Wiltshire	Lloyd Van Duzen specimen

Ukraine
Crimea Oblast' Crimea peninsula Belogorsk area Ak-Kaya (Belaya Skala) Mountain	Alexander I. Tischenko (1996). Minerals of the Crimea. - World of stones, 1996, #9, p.9 - 18.

USA
Colorado Chaffee Co. Buffalo Peaks	Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels
Pitkin Co. Aspen District (Roaring Fork District) Aspen Mollie Gibson Mine (Molly Gibson Mine)	Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels
Connecticut Middlesex Co. Haddam	Sohon, 1951. Connecticut Minerals
New Haven Co. New Haven	Sohon, 1951. Connecticut Minerals
Woodbridge	Samuel Robinson (1825) A Catalogue of American Minerals, with their localities. Boston
Florida Marion Co. Ocala M.M. Thomas Flint Rock Corporation Mine	Rocks & Min.: 14:77-78.
Washington Co.	Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
Georgia Burke Co. Stony Bluff	Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences. Robert Cook GGWRD Bull 92
Dougherty Co. Albany	Wikipedia - Albany
Flint River	Wikipedia - Albany
Muscogee Co.	Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom- 1974
Indiana Crawford Co. Wyandotte Cave	Erd, R. C. and S.S. Greenburg (1960) Minerals of Indiana. Indiana Geological Survey Bulletin 18 73pp
Harrison Co.	Erd, R. C. and S.S. Greenburg (1960) Minerals of Indiana. Indiana Geological Survey Bulletin 18 73pp
Iowa Henry Co. Mount Pleasant	MacFall, 1951. Gem Hunter's Guide, 1st ed.
Kentucky Barren Co. Barren County quarry (Scottys quarry)	Rocks & Minerals 81:420-440
Burton Stone Co. quarry (Barren County quarry)	Rocks & Minerals 81:420-440
Bell Co. VM+M Mining quarry	Rocks & Minerals 81:420-440
Breckinridge Co. Liter's Quarry (Hanson Aggregates Irvington Quarry)	Rocks & Minerals 81:420-440
Carter Co. V Quarry (Ken-More Stone Company)	Rocks & Minerals 81:420-440
Christian Co. Christian Quarries; Inc. (Hopkinsville Quarry)	Rocks & Minerals 81:420-440
Hardin Co. Vulcan Materials Company Stephensburg quarry	Rocks & Minerals 81:420-440
Letcher Co. Nally and Hayden Quarry	Rocks & Minerals 81:420-440
Menifee Co. Indian Creek Quarry (A. W. Walker and Son)	Alan Goldstein (2006) Kentucky Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals 81:420-440
Pike Co. Elkhorn Quarry	Alan Goldstein (2006) Kentucky Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals 81:420-440
Trigg Co. Canton Quarry	Alan Goldstein (2006) Kentucky Mineral Locality Index. Rocks & Minerals 81:420-440
Whitley Co.	Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
Maryland Cecil Co.	Gems and Minerals of America - Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
Michigan Chippewa Co.	Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
Mississippi Claiborne Co.	Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Jan. 2004
Missouri Ripley Co.	Jay Ellis Ransom,1974,Gems and Minerals of America
Nebraska Douglas Co.	Jay Ellis Ransom,1974,Gems and Minerals of America
Gage Co.	Jay Ellis Ransom,1974,Gems and Minerals of America
Morrill Co.	Jay Ellis Ransom,1974,Gems and Minerals of America
New Jersey Hunterdon Co. Clinton	The Minerals of NYC & Its Environs, NY Min. Club Bull. Vol. 3, No. 1, Manchester, J.G. (1931): 69.
New York Genesee Co. Indian Falls Divers Lake flint quarry
Greene Co. Coxsackie Flint Mine Hill	Rocks & Minerals 82:472-483
North Dakota Dunn Co. Knife River quarries	Southwestern Minnesota archaeology: 12,000 years in the Prairie Lake Region By Scott F. Anfinson
Mercer Co. Golden Valley	Ransom, 1974. Gems and Minerals of America
Ohio Adams Co. Peebles Southern Ohio quarries Co. quarry	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Coshocton Co. Jefferson township Road cut	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Road cut 41	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Road cut 81	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Warsaw	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Hocking Co. Green township	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Holmes Co. Trail	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Jackson Co. Milton township	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Washington township	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Jefferson Co. Mount Pleasant township	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Smithfield township	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Lawrence Co. Mason township	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Licking Co. Flint Ridge	Donald L. Biggs, Geological Society of America. North-Central Section, Decade of North American Geology Project p 415
Franklin Township	John Krygier data.
Mahoning Co. Smith township Unnamed quarry	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Morgan Co. York township	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Muskingum Co.	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Dillon Falls Licking River	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Hopewell township Basil Norris property	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Gene Wyrick property	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
John Nethers property	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Perry Co. Bearfield township	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Cannon	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Pike township New Lexington	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Portage Co.	Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
Stark Co.	Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
Summit Co.	Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
Tuscarawas Co.	Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
Vinton Co. Elk township	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Madison township	Minerals of Ohio Bull. 69 ODNR
Wayne Co.	Gems and Minerals of America- Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
Rhode Island Newport Co. Middletown	Miller, 1972. Minerals of Rhode Island.
Tennessee Wayne Co.	Zeitner ,1968. Appalachian Mineral & Gem Trails
Lull Mine	Rocks & Minerals Vol. 86, No. 4 Jul/Aug 2011
White Co. Sparta quarry (Sparta limestone quarry)	Travis A. Paris (2011) Tennessee mineral locality index. Rocks & Minerals, 86, #4, 300-328.
Texas Donley Co. Clarendon area Greenbelt Reservoir	Self-Collected In August 2005 by David Aldridge and Wayne Aldridge
West Virginia Grant Co. Greenland Gap	Johnson, 1960. Source Book for the Rock & Mineral Collector.
Ritchie Co.
Wisconsin Grant Co.	Gems and Minerals of America - Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
Iowa Co.	Gems and Minerals of America - Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
Lafayette Co.	Gems and Minerals of America - Jay Ellis Ransom-1974
Wyoming Platte Co. Hartville District Green Mountain Boy mine	USGS Bull 315

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