Beaver River Silicified Sandstone
AKA: Beaver Creek Sandstone / Quartzite, Muskeg
Valley Microquartzite
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color: Beaver
River Silicified Sandstone is slightly mottled ranging in color from
brown to orange and light to medium gray.
Texture: Course to fine grain
Luster: Dull to waxy
Translucency: Moderate to highly translucent
Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Absent
Patina:
Heat Treatment:
Heat treatment increases the flaking quality and increases the luster to
waxy to vitreous. Orange and reddish hues are produce.
Knapping:
Distribution:
Beaver River Silicified Sandstone has primary outcroppings at Quarry of
the Ancestors near Fort MacKay in northeastern Alberta and along the
west side of the Athabasca River near Mildred Lake and the Beaver River.
This is a local material.
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