Licking Creek Chert

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Color: Licking Creek Chert ranges from a dark gray to black with sandy texture inclusions.

Texture: Fine grain

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Translucency: Opaque

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Distribution Comments:
Licking Creek Chert is associated with the Licking Creek Member of the Helderberg Formation occurring as beds and nodules. Primary exposures occur on the south side of Licking Creek in Franklin County, Pennsylvania and in Rockingham County, Virginia.

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