Color: Dollar
Mountain Chert is mottled ranging from caramel / yellow / brown to a
mottled red / pink / maroon or a mottled light and dark gray.
Clear and white chalcedony may be present in the chert, but clear to
white chalcedony is also present.
Texture: Fine grain
Luster: Glossy
Translucency: Translucent
Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Absent
Patina:
Heat Treatment:
Knapping:
Distribution:
Dollar Mountain Chert is associated with the Bighorn Formation of
Wyoming. Primary outcropping occur in Upper Wood, Middle Greybull,
and Jack Creek, Dollar Mountain, Fremont County, Wyoming
Projectile point made from this material:
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