Uwharrie Metarhyolite (or Metaobsidian)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Not given
name: label: Collector
content: Scott Silsby
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-480 (Uwharrie Metarhyolite): Not a collection from archaeological context. Unknown collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, surrounding matrix, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-480 (Uwharrie Metarhyolite)
label: Notes
content: Uwharrie Metarhyolite, also known as Green Mountain Rhyolite or Morrow Mountain, is black, gray, tan, or many shades of green. When weathered it becomes white with a chalky cortex. May have inclusions of manganese "fern-like" designs. Texture is very coarse to nearly vitreous. Vast deposits in block form.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: n.d.
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina; Uwharrie, Uwharrie National Forest, Montgomery Co., NC.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Early Archaic to Woodland
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Uhwarrie, Mongomery County, North Carolina, 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: A598998-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone