Calico Hills Chalcedony/Agate(?)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Jan 1999
name: label: Collector
content: Todd Harrington
label: Collector
content: Dan Cadbow
label: Collector
content: Dan Caulfield
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: S-1799 (Calico Hills Chalcedony/Agate): Unknown collection procedure. Collection includes raw material and heat-treated specimens.
label: Notes
content: S-1799 (Calico Hills Chalcedony/Agate): "Wonderstone Rock Shop Name"?; Alluvial fan deposits; all H/T
label: Notes
content: (Information obtained from Calico Type Sheet)Calico, also known as Calico Hills and Yermo Agate, is a chert, chalcedony, agate, jasper, or quartzite. It can be various colors depending on the material: white, red, blue, gray, yellow, brown, black. It becomes white, brown, or black when weathered. It is coarse, smooth, or very fine in texture. Deposits include alluvium.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: (Information obtained from Calico Type Sheet) Geology: Epoch-Pleistocene
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: (Information obtained from Calico Type Sheet) Calico Hills is located on the Yermo alluvial fan in the Calico Mountains northeast of Barstow in the Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: (Information obtained from Calico Type Sheet) Calico Site, 7 Km northeast of the town of Yermo, in the central portion of the Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 12
place: label: Place
content: San Bernadino County, California, 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: A598126-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone