Flint Hills Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Apr 1992
name: label: Collector
content: Dennis Blanton
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-247 (Flat Hills): Unknown collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens
label: Notes
content: L-247 (Flint Hills Chert)
label: Notes
content: (Information obtained from Florence Chert Type Sheet) Florence Chert is also known as Florence A, Florence B, Florence C (Varieties); Hardy Quarry, Kay County, Herington, Maple City, or Flint Hills. It is a white, gray, tan, or brown chert. When heat-treated it becomes shades of red, pink, or rose. When weathered it becomes brown to dark brown with a chalky white cortex. It has fossiliferous inclusions. It has a coarse to smooth texture. Deposits include nodules in limestone.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: (Information obtained from Florence Chert Type Sheet) Geology: Epoch- Permian, Series- Lower Permian, Stage- Gearyan, Group- Chase, Form- Barneston, Member- Florence Limestone
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: (Information obtained from Florence Chert Type Sheet) Flint Hills of Kansas and Oklahoma
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: (Information obtained from Florence Chert Type Sheet) n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: 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: A598450-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone