Bridge River Chert













Natural Form:



Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Bridge River Chert is a ribbon chert ranging from a light to medium gray, but may range to red, brown, or green with "ribbons" of small vein quartz.

Texture: 
Fine grain

Luster:

Translucency:  Opaque

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Primary Source Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

Bridge River Chert is associated with the Fergusson Assemblage of the Bridge River complex of British Columbia.  Primary outcroppings occur on Mount Fergusson.

 

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