Georgia Lithic Material
Name | Natural | Non-heat treated points | Heat treated points | Color details | Primary found in: | Associated Formation / Member |
Allendale Chert (Coastal Chert) |
Primarily tan to brown in various shades of "earth tones". |
Southeastern Georgia | ||||
Andesite Generic Type |
North America | Varies | ||||
Argillite (Generic Type) |
Light to dark green, but may range to various shades of gray. | North America | Varies | |||
Armuchee Chert AKA: Horse Leg, From Mountain Chert (Ridge and Valley Chert) |
Black to dark or medium gray | Northwestern Georgia | Frog Mountain Formation | |||
Bangor Chert (Ridge and Valley Chert) |
Translucent and banded, ranging in color from black to a dark bluish gray or greenish | Northern Georgia | Bangor Limestone Formation | |||
Bangor Limestone AKA: Colbert County Limestone |
Medium gray | Northern Georgia | Bangor Limestone Formation | |||
Black Mingo Chert | Mottled white, light tan, and gray. | Southeastern Georgia | Lang Syne Formation of the Black Mingo Group | |||
Blushing Star Coral (Species type) |
Ranges from grayish white to gray with darker "star burst" patters present. | Southwestern Georgia | Tampa Formation | |||
Box Fire Coral (Species type) |
Encrusted base with thick walled box like structure forming upward. | Southwestern Georgia | Tampa Formation | |||
Brain Coral (Species type) |
Brain like shape with ridges and deep interconnected double valleys. | Southwestern Georgia | Tampa Formation | |||
Brier Creek Chert AKA: Stoney Bluff Chert |
Ranges in color from white to cream, tan, and gray with mottling commonly present. | Southeastern Georgia | ||||
Carnelian (Generic Type) |
Translucent and varies in shades from reddish brown to reddish orange. | North America | Varies | |||
Chattahoochee Chert (Coastal Chert) |
Ranges from brown to a creamy tan with dark gray, black, and bluish white also occurring. Clear chalcedony and mottling commonly occurs. | Southeastern Georgia | Chattahoochee Limestone Formation | |||
Chepultepec Chert
Knox Chert Variant (Ridge and Valley Chert) |
Ranges from yellow to white and oolitic | Northern Georgia | Chapultepec Member of the Knox Formation | |||
Chickamauga Chert (Ridge and Valley Chert) |
Ranges from a brownish black to a black in bedded limestone, but ranges to a drab olive green in limestone boulders. | Northwestern Georgia | Chickamauga Limestone Formation | |||
Clayton Chert (Coastal Chert) |
Ranges from yellow to brown, though white may occur. | Southwestern Georgia | Clayton Formation of the Midway Group | |||
Conasauga Chert (Ridge and Valley Chert) |
Most commonly a light bluish gray to tan or silver, rarely reds do occur. Commonly mottled and is oolitic. May be very chalcedonic | Northwestern Georgia | Conasauga Formation | |||
Copper Ridge Chert Knox Chert variant (Ridge and Valley Chert) |
Ranges in color from medium to dark gray to black | Northern Georgia | Copper Ridge Member of the Knox formation | |||
Crystal Quartz | clear colorless stone similar to clear glass | Eastern North America | ||||
Flint River Chert AKA: Butterscotch Chert (Coastal Chert) |
Ranges from a yellowish brown to a medium brown. | Southern Georgia | Flint River Formation, Vicksburg Group | |||
Fort Payne Chert AKA: Iuka Chert, Lauderdale Chert |
Ranges in color from black to a grayish blue, or white to a bluish white. Bluish gray is the predominate color with bluish hues | Northern Georgia | Fort Payne Formation | |||
Fossilized Coral AKA: Agatized Coral, Silicified Coral, Coral Chalcedony (Generic Type) |
Ranges from clear to white, grayish blue, brown, tan, or yellow. Starburst patterns or banding may be present. | Southwestern Georgia | Tampa Formation | |||
Georgiates | Translucent olive green. | East central Georgia | Chesapeake Bay Impact | |||
Glendon
Chert (Coastal Chert) |
Ranges from white to a creamy tan or brown with dark gray, black, and bluish white also occurring. Clear chalcedony and mottling commonly occurs. | Southwestern Georgia | Glendon Limestone Formation, Vicksburg Group | |||
Ketona Chert Knox Chert variation |
Light gray | Northwestern Georgia | Ketona Dolomite Member of the Knox Formation | |||
Knox Chert | Dark blue to bluish gray with translucent mottling. Red Knox Chert has a reddish color with slight mottling. | Northern Georgia | Knox Formation | |||
Lenoir Chert | Dark Gray | Northern Georgia | Lenoir Limestone Formation | |||
Lisbon Chert AKA: McBean Chert, Silicified Chert Hash (Coastal Chert) |
Ranges from red to yellow or cream to blue. Mottling or striping may be present. Jasper and chalcedony also occur in this formation. | Central Georgia | Lisbon Limestone Formation of the Clairbourn Group | |||
Little River Metadacite | Opalescence bluish gray quart weathering to a crusty tannish white. | East central Georgia | Little River Volcanics Series | |||
Longview Chert Knox variation |
Primarily reddish, but white to gray colors do occur | Northwestern Georgia | Longview Member of the Knox Formation | |||
Marianne Chert AKA: Mint Springs Marl |
Ranges from a white to cream color | Southwestern Georgia | Mint Springs Marl Member of the Marianna Limestone Formation, Vicksburg Group | |||
Mountainous Star Coral Orbicella Faveolata (Species type) |
Solid, very large dome or stumped shaped with small lumps, bulges, or lobes. | Southwestern Georgia | Tampa Formation | |||
Mustard Chert (Fort Payne variant) |
Ranges from a tannish yellow and olive color to a bluish black and commonly has strings of bryozoan fossils forming a "string of beads". | Northwestern Georgia | Ft Payne Formation | |||
Newala Chert (Ridge and Valley Chert) |
Ranges in color from black to gray, white to faint purple with bands of smoky gray to olive green | Northwestern Georgia | Newala Limestone Formation | |||
Ocala Chert AKA: Jackson Stage Chert (Coastal Chert) |
Ranges in color from a a white to a cream or tan, yellow, red, and black colors also occur. Fossil inclusions commonly occur. | Southern Georgia | Ocala Limestone Formation, Jackson Group. | |||
Orthoquartzite (Generic Type) |
Ranges from white to tan, red green, brown, or black. | North America | Varies | |||
Petrified Wood AKA: Agatized Wood, Opalized Wood |
Vary in color based on the minerals present during the process | North America | Varies | |||
Quartz AKA: Vein Quartz |
Milky white with thin veins |
North America | Varies | |||
Quartzite (Generic Type) |
Varies from white to gray, or pink and tan in color | North America | Varies | |||
Randall Creek Petrified Wood | Shades of cream, tan, and brown with wood grain or rings commonly present. | West central Georgia | ||||
Rhyolite (Generic Type) |
Gray to grayish black, flow banding may be present alternating from light to darker gray | North America | Varies | |||
Savannah River Agate | Ranges from a light grayish brown or grayish white to a yellowish brown with vugs and mottling commonly present | East central Georgia | ||||
Shady Chert | Ranges from a bluish gray to a yellowish gray blue, or white with mottling commonly present. | Northern Georgia | Shady Dolomite Formation | |||
Staghorn Coral (Species type) |
Cylindrical branches | Southwestern Georgia | Tampa Formation | |||
Suwannee Chert (Coastal Chert) |
Ranges from brown to a creamy tan with dark gray, black, and bluish white also occurring, chalcedony, mottling, or banding may occur. J | Southern Georgia | Suwannee Limestone Formation, Vicksburg Group | |||
Tallahatta Quartz AKA: Tallahatta Sandstone, Snowflake Quartzite |
Light gray arenite with white specks giving a snowflake appearance. | Southwestern Georgia | Tallahatta Formation, Clairborne Group | |||
Tampa Chert | Ranges from a yellow to a tan or brown with medium to dark gray also occurring. Chalcedony or quartz filled vugs are commonly present.. | Southwestern Georgia | Tampa Limestone Formation | |||
Tuff AKA: Solidified Volcanic Ash |
Contains greater than 75 volcanic ash and ranges from white to tan, gray or pink. | North America | Volcanic activity | |||
Tuscaloosa Chert AKA: Red / Yellow Jasper |
Ranges in color from white, tan, yellowish tan to yellow or brown, and red. Mottling is not present | Northwestern Georgia | Tuscaloosa Gravel Formation | |||
Tuscumbia Chert AKA: Carmack Chert |
Ranges from light to dark gray | Northwestern Georgia | Tuscumbia Limestone Formation | |||
Withlacoochee Chert Suwannee Chert variation |
Ranges from a dark gray to a reddish brown in a grainstone fabric. | Southern Georgia | Suwannee Limestone Formation, Vicksburg Group |