Boggs Chert
 AKA: Blunt Run Chert










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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Boggs Chert ranges in color from a dark gray to black or bluish black with numerous white or light colored speckles from fossils

Texture: medium to fine grain

Luster: Dull to waxy

Translucency:  Opaque

Silica Fabrics / Fossils:  Brachiopods and crinoid ossicles

Patina: Gray

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

Boggs chert is associated with the Boggs Member of the Pottsville Formation of Ohio and Pennsylvania.  Primarily occurring as abundant beds and nodules with  outcroppings occuring in Perry County, Muskingum, Licking, Coshocton, and Tuscarawas counties in Ohio.  Found into West Virginia.

 

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