Deepkill Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 27 May 1997
name: label: Collector
content: Michael Kagelmacher
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1371 (Deepkill Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1371 (Deepkill Chert): 3 separate bags--upper, middle, & lower beds; Map included--DeLorme 52-C3.
label: Notes
content: Deepkill Chert, also known as Coxsackie, Hudson River, Mt. Merino, Normanskill, or Pleasantdale, is a black chert. When weathered it becomes brown. It has inclusions of hematite dust, radiolarians, graptolites, and sponge spicules. It has medium texture. Deposits are bedded in shale.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Ordovician, Series- Lower Ordovician, From- Deepkill Shale
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Rouadcut, Route 31, Livingston Township, Columbia County, New York.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
place: label: Place
content: Livingston Township, Columbia County, New York, 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: A598835-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone