Eggleston Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 15 Feb 2000
name: label: Collector
content: Jack Holland
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1581 (Eggleston Chert): Provenience includes parking lot hillside cut. Not a collection from archaeological context. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, surrounding matrix, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1581 (Eggleston Chert)
label: Notes
content: Eggleston Chert, also known as Beekmanton (VA), is a black chert. When weathered it becomes glossy black or tripolizing chalky white with a brown limestone cortex. It has a very fine to glossy texture. Deposits include nodular.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Ordovician, Group- Beekmantown, Form- Eggleston Formation
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Along Rte. 19, Green Valley, Russell County, VA
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: n.d.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 20
place: label: Place
content: Green Valley, Russell County, Virginia, 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: A599768-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone