Apple Ranch Chert











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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Apple Ranch Chert is brown.
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Translucency:

Silica Fabrics / Fossils:  Brachiopods, fusulinids, and other fossils
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Apple Ranch Chert is associated with the Apple Ranch Limestone Member of the Word Formation of the Glass Mountains in west Texas.  Occurs as abundant nodules with primary outcroppings occurring north of the Apple Ranch house and northeast of the Old Word Ranch.
Projectile point made from this material:



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