Eagle Jasper
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 21 Mar 1998
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Collector
content: Him Herbstritt
label: Collector
content: Ray Ladd
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1464 (Eagle Jasper): Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1464 (Eagle Jasper): Large chuncks (8"-10") of this grainy quartzite-like brown, cinnamon jasper, which flakes easily, abundant in abandoned, former corn field, 0.7 miles east of Rt. 100 near town of Eagle. Heated two pieces of "Eagle" Jasper to 680 degrees F. Turned above colors to a deep blood red. Surface became less grainy to very smooth, nearly vitreous. Beneath, the surface is glossy, vitreous, typical of some jaspers.
label: Notes
content: (Information obtained from Hardyston Jasper Type Sheet) Hardyston Jasper is also known as Bowers, Berks County, Durham, Eagle Jasper, Eastern Pennsylvania Jasper, Hardyston Quartzite, Macungie, Pennsylvania Jasper, Reading Prong Jasper, or Vera Cruz. It is a brown, yellow, red, orange, blue, black, or white jasper quartzite. When heat-treated it becomes red, maroon, or orange. When weathered it becomes brown. Presolved orthoquartzite, well-rounded and well-compacted quartz grainswith little quartz cement inclusions. Texture is coarse to very fine. Deposits include bedded and residuum.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: (Information obtained from Hardyston Jasper Type Sheet) Geology: Epoch- Early Cambrian, Series- Lower Cambrian, Form- Hardyston
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: (Information obtained from Hardyston Jasper Type Sheet) Lehigh, Bucks, and Berks counties, PA
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: (Information obtained from Hardyston Jasper Type Sheet) Used in all cultural periods
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 15
place: label: Place
content: Uwchlan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 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: A599420-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone