Bald Eagle Jasper
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Feb 2000
name: label: Collector
content: Tim Jackson
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1584 (Bald Eagle Jasper): Provenience includes float/residuum. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure.
label: Notes
content: L-1584 (Bald Eagle Jasper):
label: Notes
content: Bald Eagle Jasper, also known as Houserville Jasper or Nittany Jasper, is a cinnamon, brown, or yellowish brown jasper. It becomes red or maroon when heat-treated. When weathered it becomes a dull tan. It may have quartz crystal inclusions. The texture is coarse to smooth. Deposits includes residuum.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Ordovician, Series- Upper Ordovician, Form- Bald Eagle Conglomerate
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Penn State campus, about 300 yards east of Beaver Stadium, College Township, State College, PA; In and along Slab Cabin Creek, Centre County, PA.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Houserville Site, lithic workshop (36CE65): Hatch Quarry, PSU campus
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: State College, Centre 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: A599414-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone