Color:  Coffee Creek Chert is a semi-translucent lightly variegated chert that ranges from a bright white to a light gray or a very pale brown or slightly pinkish white in color.  This chert has a milky or creamy appearance. 

Texture:  Fine grain

Luster: Glossy

Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Crinoid, echinoderm plates, coral polyps, and bryzoan fronds

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Distribution Comments:

Coffee Creek Chert is named for primary outcropping in Jennings County, Indiana.  Found into Kentucky and Ohio.