Carter's Chert











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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Carter's Chert is opaque and ranges in color from a white to gray with a gray brown mottling.  Less commonly, darker gray banding may be present.  White speckles are present.

Texture: 
Course to medium grain

Luster: Dull

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Heat Treatment: 

Knapping:  Poor
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

Carter's Creek Chert has primary outcroppings along Aenon Creek, Tennessee. 

 

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