Color: Knox Chert is dark blue to bluish gray with translucent mottling.  Red Knox Chert has a reddish color with slight mottling.

Texture: Very fine grain

Luster: Satin like

Translucency:  Opaque to slightly translucent

Silica Fabrics / Fossils:

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Knapping:  Good flaking quality
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution Comments:

Knox Chert is associated with the Knox Formation  occurring as beds and nodules.  Named for Knox County, Georgia, Knox Chert occurs in nodular and tabular form along the Lower Little Tennessee River in Eastern Tennessee.