Color:  Florence Chert Type A is often banded or "wood grained" and ranges in color from a buff to a yellow gray.

Texture:  Fine grain

Luster:

Translucency:  Opaque

Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Large fusulinids

Patina:

Heat Treatment:  Heat treatment produces colors of a pink to bright red

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Distribution Comments:

Florence Chert is associated with the Florence Limestone Member of the Barnestone Formation, Permian Group.  Primary outcroppings are found in the southern Flint Hills from southern Butler County Kansas to Kay County, Oklahoma.