White River Group Plate Chalcedony
AKA: Badlands Plate Chalcedony











Natural Form:



Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  White River Group Plate is 1/4 inch thick ranging from clear to milky white with a rough milky white cortex.

Texture: 
Fine Grain

Luster:

Silica Fabrics / Fossils:

Patina:

Heat Treatment: 

Knapping: 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

White River Group Plate Chalcedony is found in veins 1/4 inch thick in the across the White River Badlands of northwestern Nebraska and southern South Dakota.

 

Projectile point made from this material:



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Walter Williams





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Similar Material:
Commonly made projectile point from this material:
Badlands Knife

Archaeological Context: