Color: Sawatch
Quartzite is white towards the base of the formation grading to a
ferruginous red towards the top.
Texture: Course to medium grain
Luster:
Translucency:
Silica Fabrics / Fossils:
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Knapping:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments: Sawatch Quartzite is associated with the Sawatch Quartzite
Formation of western and central Colorado. Primary outcroppings
occur in the Leadville Region of Lake County, Colorado.
Projectile point made from this material:
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