Citronell Chert (Gravel)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 8 Nov 1987
name: label: Collector
content: C. D. Cox
label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-318 (Citronell Chert): Provenience includes gravel deposits. Unknown collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-318 (Citronell Chert)
label: Notes
content: (Information obtained from Citronelle Type Sheet) Citronelle Chert is also known as Bluff, Citronell, Citronella, Drift, Grover, Lafayette, Lagrange, Mounds, Mounds Gravel, Pickwick Gravel, Orange, Orange Sand, Upland. It may be various rock types, e.g.: basalt, greenstone, novaculite, quartzite, rhyolite and taconite. It is a pale cream novaculite, black, white quartzite, or pink quartzite. When heat-treated it becomes various colors depending on the lithic type; cherts becoming red, pink, orange, or yellow. When weathered it becomes various colors depending on the lithic type. Inclusions vary, depending on lithic type. Texture is usually smooth but also varies depending on lithic type.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: (Information obtained from Citronelle Type Sheet) Geology: Epoch- Pliocene, Form- Citronelle, Member- Lafayette
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: (Information obtained from Citronelle Type Sheet) Northwestern Mississippi; Louisiana; Avoyelles, Catahoula, Grant, LaSalle, and Rapids parishes in Louisiana; Alabama; Florida
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: (Information obtained from Citronelle Type Sheet) Bipolar reduction technique employed indicting prehistoric utilization. Gulf Coastal Plains and Miss. Valley Indians.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 15
place: label: Place
content: Batesvalle Area, Panola County, Mississippi, 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: A598612-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone