Moline (AKA Spoon) Chert
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Dec 2016
label: Collection Date
content: Nov 1995
name: label: Collector
content: Robert Nale
label: Donor Name
content: Estate Of John D. Holland
notes: label: Notes
content: L-1290 (Moline Chert): Collection includes raw material, outer surface, and naturally-weathered specimens.
label: Notes
content: L-1290 (Moline Chert): Seville member; Spoon Formation; Pennsylvanian; Stratigraphy at Oakwood Golf Course Ravine, Henry Co., Illinois on back of card.
label: Notes
content: Moline Chert, also known as Spoon, or Rock Island, is a light gray to very dark gray chert. It may have bluish tints, become off-white, become stained orange to red by iron oxides, or have banded blue, gray or white. It has sponge spicules inclusions (the only known fossils to occur in chert). It is glossy to a gradation into siltstone or shale. Deposits include tabular lenses.
label: Notes
content: Geology remarks: Epoch- Pennsylvanian, Form- Spoon River, Member- Seville Limestone
label: Notes
content: Location remarks: Oakwood Golf Course, Henry County, IL
label: Notes
content: Archaeology remarks: Blue Chip Site, Middle Woodland, 300 B.C.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
place: label: Place
content: Rock River Area, Illinois, 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: A598281-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Stone