Heath Farm Jasper
AKA: Upper Delmarva Jasper
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color: Heath
Farm Jasper ranges from a brownish to dark brownish black.
Texture: Fine grain
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Opaque
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Distribution Comments:
Heath Farm Jasper occurs along small tributaries of Big Elk Creek
occurring as boulders and nodules with smaller nodules and spalls down
the slopes and creeks below the source area in Cecil County, Maryland.
This is part of the Delaware Chalcedony Complex.
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