Phosphoria Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 5 May 1997
name: label: Collector
content: Woody Blackwell
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1429 (Phosphoria Chert): Not a collection from archaeological context. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and modern flint-knappers' work.
label: Notes
content: L-1429 (Phosphoria Chert):
label: Notes
content: Phosphoria Chert is black, brick red, purple, bluish, and occasionally green (in the center of nodules). When heat-treated it becomes maroon and glossy. Deposits include dark-gray siltstone, black chert, and limestone. Deposits can be about 400 feet think. Deposits can also be nodular.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Permian, Form- Phosphoria, Member-Rex
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Lincoln County, WY; Albion area, ID; Foothills of the western slopes of the Big Horn Mountains near Shell, Big Horn Co., WY
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Used by Clovis culture people
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 12
place: label: Place
content: Shell, Big Horn County, Wyoming, 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: A599839-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone