Lithic Type Specimen: MRS-15 (Mississippian Reed Springs, Variety 15)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Aug 2012
label: Collection Date
content: 1970 to 1990
name: label: Collector
content: Don R. Dickson
label: Donor Name
content: Don R. Dickson
notes: label: Notes
content: MRS-15 (Mississippian Reed Springs, Variety 15): MRS Variety 15. Found in Stone Co. MO. A very light tan to gray-tan field (with sometimes a hint of pink) is mottled and streaked sparsely to irregularly with slightly darker gray areas. Small spots of calcite and some white crinoid fossil detrius visible at 10X. Occasional ferric spots were noted. Texture is medium and abrasive to the fingernail, but thin edges are translucent. The variety is early MRS and thus transitional, having fossil inclusions like Pierson in some samples. Other selections are almost fossil free. The mottling suggests Elsey, but variety 15 can be distinguished from Elsey by color, fossil content, and by texture. Knaps well. Not as vitreous as MRS-4 and lacks the core or spots of blue so typical of that variety. Weathers cream to tan.
label: Notes
content: Reeds Spring
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Stone Country, 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: 2060436
label: USNM Number
content: A587179-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone