Color: Paradise
Chert has a translucent white matrix with mottling of opaque cream to
yellow or brown opaque patches.
Texture:
Luster:
Translucency: Ranges from a opaque white to a
translucent chalcedony.
Silica Fabrics / Fossils:
Patina:
Heat Treatment: Heat treatment changes
the opaque yellowish to brown patches to a pinnk or reddish color.
Knapping:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments: Paradise Chert occurs as nodules on the southern end of the
Kaiparowits Plateau, Garfield and Kane counties, Utah. Formation
not provided.
Projectile point made from this material:
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