Cutting Chert
 AKA: Thompson's Point Chert











Natural Form:



Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Cutting Chert ranges from a dark gray to black.

Texture:
Luster

Translucency:
Silica Fabrics / Fossils: 
Patina: 

Heat Treatment:

Knapping:

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Cutting Chert is associated with the Cutting Dolomite Formation of the Beekmantown Group.  Abundant chert occurs in outcroppings in the Champlain Valley of Vermont and in Washington, Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Saratoga, and Schenectady counties, New York,
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