Walkill (Leithsville) Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 22 Mar 1995
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Collector
content: Hugh Jarvis
label: Collector
content: Philip LaPorta
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1154 (Walkill Chert): Provenience includes float/residuum. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1154 (Walkill Chert)
label: Notes
content: Walkill Chert, also known as Leithsville and Wallkill Valley Flint, is a glossy black chert. When weathered it becomes gray. It has calcite crystal inclusions. It has a glossy texture. Deposits are bedded in a limestone matrix.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Cambrian, Group- Kittatinny Supergroup, Form- Leithsville, Member- Walkill/Hamburg/Califon
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Rudinski Farm, Warrick Township, Orange Co., New York; Sussex Co., Stillwater, New Jersey
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 11
place: label: Place
content: Warwick Township, Orange County, New York, 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: A598924-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone