Hillsdale Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Jun 1994
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-790 (Hillsdale Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, surrounding matrix, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-790 (Hillsdale Chert)
label: Notes
content: Hillsdale Chert, also known as Greenbrier or Millpoint, is a white, bluish gray, or mottled white and bluish gray chert. When weathered it becomes light gray (sometimes iron stained) or has a brown stained limestone cortex. It has a smooth texture. Deposits include nodules in limestone and residuum.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Mississippian, Form- Greenbrier, Member- Hillsdale
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Greenbrier and Pocahontas County, WV; Rts .55 & 219 road cut near Mill Point, Pocahontas Cp., WV; McNeel Farm, Greenbrier Valley, Pocahontas Co., WV.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 50
place: label: Place
content: Greenbrier Valley, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, 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: A599811-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone