Lime Rock Jasper
AKA: Lime Rock Chert












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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color: Lime Rock Jasper has three variations;
    1.  ranges from an opaque dark golden yellow to a dark brown
         with tiny veins of  clear to white translucent chalcedony.
    2.  A translucent gray
    3.  A homogenous yellow

Texture: 
Fine grain

Luster: Vitreous

Translucency:  Opaque to translucent

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

Lim Rock Jasper occurs in the Conklin Limestone Quarry near Lime Rock, Rhode Island.

 

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