Morrison - Cloverly Porcellanite
AKA: Morrison - Clovery Chert











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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Morrison - Cloverly Porcellanite is variegated with colors ranging from gray to blue or red and yellow to brown.  Commonly mottled or banded and streaked by fossilized roots and burrows.

Texture: 
Fine grain

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

Morrison - Cloverly Porcellanite is associated the Morrison and Cloverly Formations.  Primary outcroppings are located in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming, the Black Hills, and the Laramie Range.

 

 

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