Talk:Flint

Flint is not an igneous rock and does not come from a volcano.... but at least you spelt the name correctly.

"Flint, or flintstone, is a kind of igneous rock, which means that it came from volcanic action inside the Earth". So the page did say, and it is indeed complete nonsense. I will replace guesswork with science. Macdonald-ross (talk) 15:35, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed image[change source]

The top-most image on the page claims to be of Flint. The description says: "Shows the typical dark, glassy appearance"

On fresh broken surfaces Flint is typically dark, but not at all glassy. It has a dull, waxy texture (easily verified by looking at almost any picture of flint). Although Flint can be polished into a more glassy luster (like Chalcedony), this looks more like a picture of Obsidian. Which is dark, glassy, and has the same conchoidal fracture pattern.

I'm sorry if the format of this comment is wrong, I was confused by the wikipedia page and I've already spent more time trying to alert people to this mistake than I wanted to.

Thanks. Our software and procedures are unfortunately abstruse. Work has been underway for years (yes, years with only small success thus far) to improve them. I have deleted that picture from the article, replacing with an apparently more typical one already in the gallery. Perhaps experienced Wiki-editors with a better understanding of the topic will be able to correct me. Jim.henderson (talk) 12:27, 31 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]