St. Louis Green (AKA Estill County) Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 1998
name: label: Collector
content: Tony Deregnaucourt
label: Collector
content: Robert Nale
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1553 (St. Louis Green Chert): Not a collection from archaeological context. Unknown collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, modern flint-knappers' work, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1553 (St. Louis Green Chert)
label: Notes
content: St. Louis Green Chert, also known as St. Louis, Newman, Estill, or Estill County, is a light olive gray, olive gray, or medium bluish gray chert. When weathered, it has white patination. It has sponge spicules, cryptocrystalline quartz, and gluconite inclusions. It has a smooth texture. Deposits include nodular, bedded, residuum, or amoebic nodules.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Mississippian, Series- Upper Mississippian, Form- Newman, Member- St. Louis Limestone
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Bade of limestone outcrop west of Irvine, Estill Co., KY; South Fork region of the Red River, Powell Co., KY.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Abner Shelter site, southeastern Powll Co., KY, near Natural Bridge State Park; Early and Late Archaic
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Irvine, Estill County, Kentucky, 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: A598473-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone