Kittatinny Chert











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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Kittatinny Chert ranges from a mottled light grayish brown to a dark grayish black with veinlets of light gray chalcedony.

Texture:  Fine grain
Luster:  Waxy to vitreous

Translucency: Opaque
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Kittatinny Chert is associated with the Kittatinny Formation of  New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and western New York.  Exposures occur in the Kittatinny Valley of New Jersey and the Lehigh Valley of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.
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