Color:  Jefferson County Fort Payne Chert is mottled light tan to white, beige is the most common color.

Texture: fine grain

Luster: Dull to waxy

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Notes: Jefferson County Fort Payne Chert has overlapping characteristics of Tuscaloosa Chert, but Jefferson County Fort Payne Chert has a finer grain and a lighter mottled color.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution Comments:

A variation of Fort Payne Chert, Jefferson County Fort Payne Chert has primary outcroppings in the Black Warrior River region near Birmingham, Alabama.  Cobble and nodules are found downstream.