Eastern Onondaga Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 25 Jan 1996
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1151 (Eastern Onondaga Chert): Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1151 (Eastern Onondaga Chert)
label: Notes
content: Eastern Onondaga Chert, also known as Onondaga, is a dark gray to black chert. There is no color change when heat-treated. When weathered it becomes light gray to white. It has a coarse to very fine texture. Deposits include bedded and nodular.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Devonian, Series- Middle Devonian, Form- Onondaga, Member- Edgecliff/Moorehouse/Nedrow
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Arbitrarily from the Onondaga Escarpment near Syracuse, east to Albany, south to the Pennsylvania state line.
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Fish Club Cave, NY (Funk, n.d.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 10
place: label: Place
content: Ravena, Albany County, New York, 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: A598828-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone