Alibates (Silicified Dolomite) Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Not given
name: label: Collector
content: William Holbert
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1545 (Alibates Chert): Not a collection from archaeological context. Unknown collection procedure.
label: Notes
content: L-1545 (Alibates Chert): Brilliant red, partially polished, jasper-like exmpale of Alibates Silicified Dolomite from vicinity of Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, Potter Co., Texas.
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content: Alibates is also known as Agatized Dolomite, Alibates Dolomite, Alibates Silicified Dolomite, Amarillo Flint, Beef Steak, or Quartermaster. It is a silicified dolomite, chert or porcellanite. It is red, blue, white, maroon, yellow, purple, brown, violet, cream with "beef-steak" is the most popular with modern flintknappers. Some colors are effected more than others when heat-treated. When weathered there are various shades of brown, dark red, and maroon. It has crystal vug inclusions. Coarse to very smooth texture. Deposits include horizontally bedded silicified dolomite, large voids in matrix filled, also residual, eroded nodules and chunks.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Permian, Series- Upper Permian, Form- Quartermaster
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content: Location remarks: Alibates National Monument, Texas; Texas panhandle and eastern New Mexico
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content: Archaeology remarks: Alibates used throughout all cultural periods: Earth moving activities associated with chert procurement.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Potter County / Alibates National Monument, Texas, 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: A599677-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone