Monterey Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: May 1989
name: label: Collector
content: T. Fredericks
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-51 (Monterey Chert): Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and surrounding matrix.
label: Notes
content: L-51 (Monterey Chert)
label: Notes
content: Monterey Chert, also known as Beeswax, is a black, brown, and tan diatomaceous chert with white quartz line inclusions. It has an iron oxidized cortex when heat treated, and additionally a white patination when weathered. The texture is medium with some edge translucency.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch-Miocene, Form-Monterey
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: The beaches and road cuts in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, CA; near Sand Hill Bluff, 0.08 mile north of Davenport, Rt. 1, Santa Cruz County; Lepard Beach or any beach between Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Chumash quarries on present day Vadenburh Air Force Base
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Monterey 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: A598110-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone