Armuchee Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 19 May 1993
name: label: Collector
content: Lilly Bell
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-102 (Armuchee Chert)
label: Notes
content: L-102 (Armuchee Chert)
label: Notes
content: Armuchee Chert, is a black to medium dark gray chert with a dull luster. There is little color change when heat-treated. Weathered exposures are generally nodular and dark gray, locally sandy, and ferruginous. Newly exposed chert may have a reddish-brown surface. It may have fossiliferous inclusions. Deposits include thinly bedded and nodular.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Devonian, Form- Armuchee
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Northern extent of Horseleg Mountain, Floyd County, Georgia; Turkey Mountain, east of Armuchee, Floyd County, Georgia; Elders Lake, Polk County, Georgia, on the ridges to the north and east; Cupps Pond, westward toward Esom Hill, Polk County, Georgia; east and west of Oremont, 0.5 miles southwest of Oremont, and 1.0 miles southwest of Oremont, Polk County, Georgia; Etna and Indian Mountains
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Floyd County, Georgia, 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: A598197-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone