Ideal Quarry Chert
 Hunton Chert variation









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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Ideal Quarry Chert ranges from a light brown to a yellowish brown or an olive gray.

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Luster:

Translucency:

Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Fossiliferous with brachiopods and pelmatozoans

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Ideal Quarry Chert is associated with the Ideal Quarry Member of theChimneyhill Formation, Hunton Formation of Oklahoma.  Primary occurs as lenses and nodules in Caddo and Washita counties, Oklahoma, Criner Hills, Carter County, Oklahoma, and the Arbuckle Mountains of Oklahoma.
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