Color:  Chepultepec Chert ranges from yellow to white and oolitic  In Virginia, nodules of white and dark gray to black occur.

Texture:  Hard fine grain, "worm eaten"

Luster: Porcellaneous 

Translucency: Opaque

Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Fossiliferous,  oolitic with rhombic cavities

Patina:

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Distribution Comments:

Chapultepec Chert is associated with the Chapultepec Member of the Knox Formation occurring as beds, thin layers, or nodules with primary sources occur in the Murphrees Valley of Alabama.  In Virginia the Chepultepec Member is associated with the Beekmantown Group and has nodules of white and dark gray to black chert.  Exposure occur in southeastern belts in the Valley of Virginia and in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia.