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Flint is basically silica, SiO2, and most people consider that to be a silciate. It is contaminated with traces of minerals. Flint actually has a fingerprint so that given a sample using the correct chemical and spectroscopic methods you can tell where it came from.

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Flint is a form of microcrystalline quartz, which is a silicate mineral. Silicates are minerals that contain silicon and oxygen atoms. So, flint is a type of silicate.

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Q: Is flint silicate or non silicate?
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