Color: Clear
Creek Chert ranges from a slight yellowish gray to white.
Texture: Medium to fine grain
Luster: Dull
Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Fossiliferous
Patina:
Heat Treatment:
Knapping:
Notes: It is considered an extension of
Camden Chert of Tennessee.
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Clear Creek Chert is associated with the Clear Creek Limestone Formation
which overlays the Backbone Limestone of the Illinois Basin. Primary
outcroppings occur along Clear Creek in Union County, Illinois.
Projectile point made from this material:
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