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Starting a fire with basic tools, the flint and a piece of steel. Andrew explains how to make charcoal clothe and also trys out the modern version of flint and steel.

Flint (or flintstone) is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz,categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as nodules and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones. Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white, or brown in color, and often has a glassy or waxy appearance. A thin layer on the outside of the nodules is usually different in color, typically white, and rough in texture. From a petrological point of view, "flint" refers specifically to the form of chert which occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Similarly, "common chert" (sometimes referred to simply as "chert") occurs in limestone.