Pipe Creek Chert
 AKA: Perkins Chert, Plum Brook Chert, Brook Chert










Natural Form:



Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color: Pipe Creek Chert ranges in color from gray to bluish gray or a pale brown.  May be mottled or homogenous.  May have light blue cloudy or darker gray colorations and quartz lined vugs may be present.

Texture:  Medium to fine grain
 
Luster: Satin to vitreous

Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Brachiopods and echinoderms

Patina: The patina is a yellowish green

Heat Treatment:  Heat treatment produces a red or brown coloration.

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

Pipe Creek Chert is associated with the Middle Devonian Tenmile Creek Formation from Fulton and Lucas counties, Ohio.  Primary sources in Erie County, Ohio and into Indiana and Michigan.

Projectile point made from this material:



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Similar Material:
Commonly made projectile point from this material:
Nettling

Archaeological Context:
Pipe Creek Chert was extensively used during the Archaic period in northwestern Ohio.  Artifacts from this material has been reported into central Ohio.