Cohansey Quartzite
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 2000
name: label: Collector
content: Keith Lopez
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1658 (Cohansey Quartzite): Not a direct collection from outcrop. Provenience includes gravel deposits. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1658 (Cohansey Quartzite): Appears to be a conglomerate or Breccia of angular pieces of quartz.
label: Notes
content: Cohansey is a whitish gray quartzite or chert. When weathered it becomes dark gray with iron oxide staining. It may have quartz crystal inclusions. It has a coarse texture. Deposits include gravel.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Miocene, Form- Cohansey
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Near the Cohanzick Country Club golf course, along the Cohansey River, Fairton, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 6
place: label: Place
content: Fairton, Cumberland County, New Jersey, 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: A598781-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone