Long Swamp Chalcedony
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Apr 1992
name: label: Collector
content: Barry Scheetz
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1315 (Long Swamp Chalcedony): Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1315 (Long Swamp Chalcedony)
label: Notes
content: Longswamp Chalcedony is a translucent, white, agate-like chert. It may have white quartz inclusions. Deposits include float.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Cambro-Ordovician, Form- Hardyston
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Near Longswamp, Berks County, Pennsylvania
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Trianguloid endscraper of Longswamp Chalcedony look-alike material recovered from the surface by Stanley Vanderlaan, Albion, NY at the Arc Site, a Paleoindian occupation in Genesee County, NY.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Berks County, Pennsylvania, 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: A599370-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone