Big Springs Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 23 Mar 1995
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Collector
content: P. LaPorta
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1142 (Big Springs Chert): Provenience includes prehistoric quarry. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1142 (Big Springs Chert)
label: Notes
content: Big Springs Chert, also known as Epler, is a lavender, white, maroon and white, or jade green chert. It has a vitreous and slabby texture. It may have sponge spicules, dolomite, pyrite, or rhombe vacule inclusions. Deposits include beds and brecciated masses.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Ordovician, Series- Lower Ordovician, Form- Epler, Member- Big Springs
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: New York, New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Padula Sites (36Nm15), Northampton County, Pennsylvania
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 27
place: label: Place
content: Wantaque Township, Sussex 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: A598799-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone