Wamsutter Oolitic Chert
 AKA: Green River Oolitic Chert









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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color: Wamsutter Oolitic Chert ranges from an off white to a medium brown with white oolitic specks throughout the material.

Texture:

Luster: 55

Translucency: Opaque

Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Dense tightly packed oolites and ostracode carapaces

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Wamsutter Oolitic Chert is associated with the Green River Formation of the Wyoming Basin and in northwestern Colorado.  Primary outcroppings occur along the prehistoric shoreline of the Washakie Basin, Wyoming and near Wamsutter, Wyoming.
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