Loyalhanna (AKA "Meyers") Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 28 Apr 1996
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Collector
content: Jack Bursey
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1262 (Loyalhanna Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Provenience includes bedrock. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1262 (Loyalhanna Chert): Chert samples from hillside; *See map in notes/comments section of inventory sheet*
label: Notes
content: Loyalhanna Chert is also known as St. Xavier, Seger, Benwood, Latrobe Flint, or Monongahela. It is shades of gray, chalky white, light gray, or green-greenish brown. When weathered it becomes white or brown. It has fossil fragment inclusions. It has a coarse to medium fine grained texture. Deposits include bedded.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Mississippian, Stage- Meramecian, Group- Maxwell, Form- Loyalhanna
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Loyalhanna Limestone outcrop at Greer, WV; Cemetery Hill near trailer park, Derry Township, Westmoreland County, PA; St. Xavier, Westmoreland Co., PA
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Multicomponent site 36Wm265, Derry Township, Westmoreland County, PA
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 27
place: label: Place
content: Derry Township; Near Peanut, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 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: A599525-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone