Lambrix Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 23 Feb 1994
name: label: Collector
content: James Robertson
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-304 (Lambrix Chert): Unknown collection procedure.
label: Notes
content: L-304 (Lambrix Chert)
label: Notes
content: Lambrix is fossiliferous chert that varies in color, sandy yellow brown (10YR 6/4, 5/5) to pale brown (10YR 6/3) to yellow (10YR 7/5); brownish coloration grades into gray (6/1, 5/1) and light gray (10YR 7/1, 7/2) light gray mottled with veins of semi-translucent blue-gray chalcedony. It is smooth to grainy, glossy, and brittle in texture. When weathered is tan with iron oxide; has a sandy red cortex within thick layers or reddish sandstone.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Mississippian, Series- Lower Mississippian, Group- Traverse, Form- Port Huron glacial moraine resting on the Marshall formation.
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Green Quarry, Sec. 26-35 T15 N, R 18W, Oceana County, Michigan; in a modern quarry adjacent to the Lambrix property. In glacial till beds in Oceana Co., MI, a component of the Port Huron glacial moraine.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Late Woodland
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Oceana County, Michigan, 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: A598571-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone