Gunflint Silica (AKA Biwabik) Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: 22 Feb 1996
name: label: Collector
content: J. D. Holland
label: Collector
content: Dr. Anthony Romano
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1267 (Gunflint Silica Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Provenience includes bedrock. Not a collection from archaeological context. Known collection procedure. Collection includes raw material, outer surface, modern flint-knappers' work, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1267 (Gunflint Silica Chert)
label: Notes
content: (Information obtained from Biwabik Type Sheet) Biwabik Chert, also known as Hunflint Silica, is a cloudy, misty balck chert. It has microscopic quartz crystal inclusions. It has a smooth and glossy texture.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: (Information obtained from Biwabik Type Sheet) Geology: Epoch- Precambrian, Group- Menominee/Animikie, Form- Gunflint/Biwabik.
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: (Information obtained from Biwabik Type Sheet) East end of tehe Mesabi Iron Formation, St. Louis Co., MN
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: (Information obtained from Biwabik Type Sheet) Paleoindian
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Minnesota, 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: A598599-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone