Color:  Laurel Chert is mottled and ranges in color from a milky white to blue, and light bluish white to a light gray or light tan.

Texture:  Medium to fine grain

Luster: Dull to waxy

Translucency:

Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Fossiliferous

Patina:

Heat Treatment:  Heat treatment produces colors of oranges, pinks, and reds and increases the luster.

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Distribution Comments:

Laurel Chert is associated with the Laurel formation of Indiana.  Primary outcroppings are located in Franklin, Fayette, Ripley, Jefferson, Dearborn,  and Clark counties, Indiana and Preble County, Ohio.