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The Clue

Flint, e.g. (6 letter answer)

The Answer

SILICA

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Notes

The answer SILICA is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 850 puzzles.

Related Clues

Glass component
Glass ingredient
Glassy mineral
Ingredient in ceramics
Ingredient of glass
Material for ceramics
Mineral in quartz
Quartz material
Flint is a form of it
Kind of brick or cement

Definition

SILICA as a noun:

1. (silica, silicon oxide, silicon dioxide) = a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechartelierite