Bellefonte Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 1 Apr 2000
name: label: Collector
content: Jack Holland
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1588 (Bellefonte Chert): Provenience includes float/residuum. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure.
label: Notes
content: L-1588 (Bellefonte Chert)
label: Notes
content: Belle Fonte Chert, also known as Bedford County or Belleville Chalcedony (PA), is a black, white, mottled, or variegated chert. It can also be dark gray, vesicular, or banded. It has a glossy texture. Deposits include bedded and nodular.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Ordovician, Series- Lower Ordovician, Form- Bellefonte
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Bedford County, PA; Bedford, Centre counties, PA
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Gnagey site, Monongahela village, Blue Lick Creek, Somerset Co., PA
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
place: label: Place
content: Bedford 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: A599361-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone