Badlands Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 23 Apr 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Bruce Bradley
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-653 (Badlands Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. 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-653 (Badlands Chert)
label: Notes
content: (Information obtained from Badlands Chalcedony Type Sheet): Badlands Chalcedony, also known as Badland Chert or Plate Chalcedony, is a gray chert. It has a rough, matte surface. A fractured surface impairs luster. Deposits of chalcedony veins erode out and lie on surface.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: (Information obtained from Badlands Chalcedony Type Sheet): Geology: Epoch- Oligocene, Form- Chadron
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: (Information obtained from Badlands Chalcedony Type Sheet): South Dakota; Primary source - base of Sugarloaf Butte, 1/2 mile E. of Orella in Sioux Co., NEB; Secondary sources - 5 miles west of Orella in Sioux Co., and S. of Orella to Toadstool Par; Dawes & Sheridan and Badlands of South Dakota.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: (Information obtained from Badlands Chalcedony Type Sheet): Coalescent Tradition Sanke Butte and Stanley Foci; Prehistoric, Protohistoric, Historic
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: South Dakota, 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: A599590-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone