Sandia Cave Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 28 Jun 1999
name: label: Collector
content: Jack Holland
label: Collector
content: Dr. Kennth B. Tankersley
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1522 (Sandia Cave Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Provenience includes bedrock. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, surrounding matrix, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1522 (Sandia Cave Chert): Collected chert samples along pathway up to Sandia Cave. Bedded and nodular glossy black to light grey opaque, fossiliferous chert. A seam of black chert occurs in the cave cutting directly across the entrance to more rooms about 12 feet from the entrance. Specimens were acquired for science.
label: Notes
content: Sandia Cave Chert is a black to light gray chert. When weathered it becomes lighter than raw coloration. It has inclusions of sponge spicules, crinoid stems, echinoderms, calcite filling, and possibly radiolaria. It has a smooth to glossy texture. Deposits include tabular and nodular in limestone matrix.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Pennsylvanian
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Immediate vicinity of and in Sandia Cave, Sandoval County, Cibolla National Forest, New Mexico
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 7
place: label: Place
content: Placitas, Sandoval County / Cibolla National Forest, New Mexico, 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: A598823-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone