Little Falls Chert AKA: Knauderack Chert, Whitehall Chert
Natural Form:
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color:
Little Falls Chert is most commonly blue, but dark brown to a pearly
light blue do occur. A variant in Herkimer County, New York is
shades of red.
Small bluish green speckles and milky white mottling may be
present.
Red jasper also occurs in this formation.
Texture:
Fine grain
Luster: Waxy to glossy
Translucency: Opaque
Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Rarely stromatolites
Patina: Whitish with yellowish brown staining
Heat Treatment:
Knapping:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Little Falls Chert is associated with the Little Falls Dolomite
Formation of the Beekmantown Group of
New York. Primarily occurring as nodules and stringer with
exposures occurring along the Mohawk River at
Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York.
Projectile point made from this material:
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