Magnet Cove Novaculite
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 5 Sep 1994
name: label: Collector
content: Steve Behrens
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-997 (Magnet Cove Novaculite): Not a collection from archaeological context. Unknown collection procedure. Collection includes raw material and outer surface.
label: Notes
content: L-997 (Magnet Cove Novaculite)
label: Notes
content: Arkansas Novaculite, also known as Garland County, Indian Mountain, Magnet Cove, Razor Stone, Stillman's Mountain, is a fine to very fine novaculite. It is white, blue, black or rose when raw. When heat treated the colors vary considerably, ranging from white to orange. It turns brown when weathered. It has tabular deposits.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Devonian
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: (Information Obtained from Arkansas Novaculite Type Sheet) Magnet Cove, Gulpha Gorge, Indian Mountain, Hot Springs National Park and Stillman's Mountain, Garland County (All in Arkansas)
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: (Information Obtained from Arkansas Novaculite Type Sheet) Vast prehistoric quarry pits on top of Indian Mountain Gulpha Gorge, Hot Springs National Park, AR.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, 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: A598068-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone