Lithic Type Specimen: MRS-1 (Mississippian Reed Springs, Variety 1)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Aug 2012
label: Collection Date
content: 1970 to 1990
name: label: Collector
content: Don R. Dickson
label: Donor Name
content: Don R. Dickson
notes: label: Notes
content: MRS-1 (Mississippian Reed Springs, Variety 1): MRS Variety 1 (Mississippian Reeds Spring). Found in NE OK. Medium to fine textured light gray or gray-blue chert with a waxy luster. Small dark spots and spots of calcite visible at 10 X. Some of the calcite is possibly highly fragmented crinoid detrius. A fossil coral noted in one example. A few crystal lined vugs noted and some dark healed fracture lines. Formed in massive beds and nodules, not in tabular layers as MRS-5. Weathers off-white to a powder blue. Thin flakes are translucent. Workability good to fine.
label: Notes
content: Reeds Spring
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Cherokee County, Oklahoma, 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: 2060436
label: USNM Number
content: A587162-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone