Color:
Brooksville Chert ranges from a light gray, pale tan, or pink with
abundant fossils.
Texture:
Luster:
Translucency:
Silica Fabrics / Fossils:
Miliolids, dichtochonus, and echinoids
Patina:
Heat Treatment:
Knapping:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Brooksville Chert is associated with the Suwannee Limestone Formation,
Vicksburg Group. Primary outcroppings occur in the Brooksville
Quarry, Hernando County, Florida.
Projectile point made from this material:
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