Mount Jasper Rhyolite
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color:
Mount Jasper Rhyolite is a flow banded spherulitic rhyolite with color
ranging from an olive green to brown weathering white.
Texture:
Luster:
Silica Fabrics / Fossils:
Patina: White
Heat Treatment:
Knapping:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Mount Jasper Rhyolite is associated with the Moat Volcanics that forms a
sperulitic dike on Mount Jasper at the confluence of the Androscoggin
River and the Dead River in New Hampshire.
Projectile point made from this material:
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Commonly made projectile point from this material:
Archaeological Context:
This material was primarily used during the Paleo and Archaic periods
decreasing un use during the Woodland period.
