: silica or a siliceous material (such as powdered tripoli) especially for use as a filler in paints or wood
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This comes from vineyards in Touraine, on soils of clay, limestone and flint (the prized silex of the Loire Valley).
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Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
Pompeii's streets were paved with silex, or cooled lava stone.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 15 May 2019
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Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
Pompeii's streets were paved with silex, or cooled lava stone.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 15 May 2019
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“Silex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silex. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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silex
noun
si·lex
ˈsī-ˌleks 
: silica or a siliceous material especially for use as a filler in paints or wood or as a dental material
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