silcrete

English

A bifacial silcrete point from Blombos Cave, South Africa, Middle Stone Age (71,000 BCE)

Etymology

Blend of silica +‎ concrete.

Noun

silcrete (countable and uncountable, plural silcretes)

1. An indurated duricrust formed when silica is dissolved and resolidifies as a cement.

Anagrams

• reticles, sclerite, terciles, tiercels, triscele