Color: Fortune Chert is a mottled or speckled chert ranging from a light cream to an olive brown or tan color with mottling of a citrine drab to grayish olive gray.  Speckles of fossilized spicules are present.

Texture:  Fine grain

Luster: Waxy

Silica Fabrics / Fossils:

Patina: Brown

Heat Treatment: 

Knapping: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution Comments:

Fortune Chert is associated with the Fortune Formation of southwestern Missouri.  Named for Fortune Branch, Barry County, Missouri.  Primary outcroppings occur in Barry County, Missouri.