Limestone Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 3 Sep 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Tom Hutto
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-4 (Limestone Chert): Not a collection from archaeological context. Collection Includes raw material and naturally weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-4 (Limestone Chert): Limestone is a local name, probably Ft. Payne chert.
label: Notes
content: (Information obtained from Becraft Type Sheet) Becraft Chert, also known as Limestone Chert, Helderberg, Rocky Gap, and Upper Pentamerus, is a black or very dark bluish chert with characteristic dendritic scaling which occurs parallel to the original bedding plane. It has inclusions of pockmarks or impure inclusions scattered throughout. It has a smooth and waxy texture. Deposits include nodules although they are rarely reported.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: (Information obtained from Becraft Type Sheet) Geology: Epoch- Devonian, Deries- Lower Devonian, Group- Helderberg, Form- Becraft Limestone
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: (Information obtained from Becraft Type Sheet) Columbia Co., NY; Ulster Co., NY; Occurs in Pocahontas Co., near Marlington, in Mercer Co. and Green Brier Co., as a thin band north of White Sulphur Springs along Beaverlick Mountain
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: (Information obtained from Becraft Type Sheet) n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Tennessee River, Alabama, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2071475
label: USNM Number
content: A598008-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone