Kaolin Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Sep 1987
name: label: Collector
content: H. R. Moore
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-143 (Kaolin Chert): Collection includes raw material, modern flint-knappers' work, heat-treated specimens, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-143 (Kaolin Chert): AKA Illinois Novaculite; "heated and raw - most all the variations one is apt to see"
label: Notes
content: Kaolin Chert, also known as Illinois Novaculite, is an rough to smooth chert. It may be amber, honey, lemon, root beet, white, orange, brown, or tan in color. It becomes red when heat-treated and shades of brown, white, or chalky patina when weathered. It may have some fossiliferous inclusions. Deposits include lensatic.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: n.d.
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Iron Mountain, Shawnee National Forest, Alexander and Union counties, IL; Clear Creek, Union Co., MO.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Prehistoric quarry pits on Iron Mountain; Early Archaic
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 58
place: label: Place
content: Union County, Illinois, 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: A598288-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone