Silex (Lat., 'flint'), a generic name given by some mineralogists to all those minerals of which silica is the principal ingredient. See SILICON, QUARTZ.
Silex
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Silex (Lat., 'flint'), a generic name given by some mineralogists to all those minerals of which silica is the principal ingredient. See SILICON, QUARTZ.