Souris Gravel Chalcedony
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Apr 1994
name: label: Collector
content: Pat Julig
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-847 (Souris Gravel Chalcedony): Direct collection from outcrop. Not a collection from archaeological context. Unknown collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-847 (Souris Gravel Chalcedony)
label: Notes
content: Souris Gravel, also known as Manitoba Flint, is a gravel chert. It is dark root beer in color. It looks like a dark color variety of Knife River Flint from North Dakota. When weathered it becomes white. It has a very smooth texture. Found in secondary Pleistocene deposits.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: n.d.
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Southwestern Manitoba, Canada
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Manitoba, Canada, 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: A598523-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone