Laurel Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 1998
name: label: Collector
content: Dan Harris
label: Collector
content: Don Dickson
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1493 (Laurel Chert): Not a direct collection from outcrop. Provenience includes gravel deposits. Not a collection from archaeological context. Unknown collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, surrounding matrix, modern flint-knappers' work, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1493 (Laurel Chert): There is no visual difference between Laurel & Four Mile Creek Chert.
label: Notes
content: Laurel Chert is also known as Coffee Creek, Marble Hill, Scipio, Four Mile Creek, and Salamonie. It is a very light gray to bluish gray in color. It becomes glossy with dark gray shades when heat-treated. It may have inclusions pf sponge spicules, echinoderm plates, or brichiopod valve fragments. Deposits include nodular and bedded.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Silurian, Series- Lower, Stage- Niagran, Group- Salina, Form- Salamonie, Member- Laurel
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Laurel type site, Franklin County, Indiana; Four Mile Creek, Preble County, Ohio
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Paleoindian to Ft. Ancient
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Laurel, Franklin County, Indiana, 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: A598351-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone