Belleville Chalcedony (Trenton Limestone)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Not given
name: label: Collector
content: Not Given
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-599 (Belleville Chalcedony): Direct collection from outcrop. Not a collection from archaeological context. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-599 (Belleville Chalcedony)
label: Notes
content: Belleville Chalcedony, also known as Bellefonte, is a black, brown, blue, white, or smoky chert. When weathered it becomes chalky white. It has a fine grained, glossy, nearly vitreous texture. Deposits include float or residuum in cultivated fields.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Ordovician, Form- Bellefonte/Bald Eagle
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Centre and Union counties in central Pennsylvania; Belleville, Mifflin Co., PA
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Paleo-Indian, Potts Site, Oswego Co., NY; Smoky black fluted point from Mary Dietrich Farm, Walker Township, Centre County, PA; Arc Site, Genesee County, NY
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 15
place: label: Place
content: Walker Township, Centre 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: A599417-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone