Eel River Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 24 Feb 1992
name: label: Collector
content: Phil Spear
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-992 (Eel River Chert): Provenience includes gravel deposits. Not a collection from archaeological context. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, modern flint-knappers' work, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-992 (Eel River Chert)
label: Notes
content: Eel River chert is also known as Kenneth and Lafayette Speckled. It is white and light gray in color, has occasional "inclusions" of red jasper-agate like spots, with a fine grained, opaque texture; when weathered, has a brown stained patina, and a chalky white cortex.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: n.d.
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Eel River, Miami County, Indiana
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
place: label: Place
content: Miami County, Indiana, 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: A598372-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone