Glenerie Chert
 AKA: Port Jervis Chert











Natural Form:



Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color: Glenerie Chert ranges from a bluish gray to black weathering brown.

Texture:
Luster

Translucency:

Silica Fabrics / Fossils: 

Patina: Brown

Heat Treatment:

Knapping:

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Glenerie Chert is associated with the Glenerie Formation of the Onondaga Group New York occurring as beds throughout the southern Hudson Valley.  Name Port Jarvis Formation used in the Port Jervis area only.
Projectile point made from this material:



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