Breathitt Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 17 May 1996
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Kennth B. Tankersley
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1212 (Breathitt Chert): Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1212 (Breathitt Chert)
label: Notes
content: Breathitt Chert, also known as Flint Ridge Flint, is a light bluish gray (5B 7/1), medium bluish gray (5B 5/1), or medium gray (N4) chert. It has hematite staining along cracks and small cavities, abundant sponge spicules, microcrystalline and dentral quartz, dolomite, hematite, and limonite inclusions. Deposits include nodular and bedded.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Pennsylvanian, Form- Breathitt
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Head of Leatherwood Branch, South Quicksand Creek, Breathitt Co., KY; NW rectangle of Troublesome quad., Breathitt CO., KY; Breathitt and MaGoffin counties, KY
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Jackson (near), Breathitt County, Kentucky, 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: A598458-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone