Category Archives: Chert

Local Chert and Hammer Stones

Located a piece of local chert and a couple of stones to make tools out of.

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Example Of Novaculite And Onondaga Chert Flakes

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Flint from Letchworth Stone Tool Show 2011

Picked up some nice flint from the Letchworth Stone Tool Show this past weekend

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Washington State Stone Tools

There is a small display in the Mount Rainier National Park Museum which has a set of stone tools from the Washington state area. The plaque mentions that bone was more common for tools in this area rather than stone.

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A Piece Of Niobrara Chert Flint In Chalk

This is a piece of Niobrara Chert in a chalky covering.

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Indiana Hornstone

Indiana Hornstone has a nice gey-blue colour with concentric rings within the material.

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Texas Flint Spalls

A variety of Texas Flint Spalls, showing the lighter color flint on the edges and the darker in the center of the nodules they came from.

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Buffalo River Flint Chert

The various colours of un-heat-treated Buffalo River Flint

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Onondaga Chert Cobbles

Cobbles of Onondaga Chert from Southern Ontario, Canada.

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Chert In Newfoundland

Various variations of Chert from Newfoundland

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