Color:  Kincaid Fossiliferous Chert ranges from a light gray or bluish gray to brown in color with speckles formed by fossils.

Texture:

Luster:

Translucency:

Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Highly fossiliferous

Patina:

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Knapping: 

Notes:  Outside the source, it is difficult to distinguish Kincaid Fossiliferous Chert from Mansker Chert.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution Comments:

Kincaid Fossiliferous Chert is associated with the Kincaid formation of Illinois.  Primary outcroppings occur along Kincaid Creek and it's tributaries in Jackson and in Union County Illinois.