Color:  Florence County Fort Payne Chert ranges in color from dark gray to black and is mottled with lighter translucent light blue.

Texture: fine grain

Luster: Glossy

Silica Fabrics / Fossils:

Patina:

Heat Treatment:  Heat treatment does not tend to change the color, luster, or workability of the chert.

Knapping: 

Notes:  Florence County Fort Payne is similar to Blue Gray Fort Payne, but the the mottling in Blue Gray Fort Payne is not translucent and resembles spots.  Florence County Fort Payne Chert is similar to Bangor Chert and may be difficult to distinguish the two.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution Comments:

A variation of Fort Payne Chert, Florence County  Fort Payne Chert has primary outcroppings in Florence County, Alabama.