Pedernal Chert (agate)
AKA: Cerro Pedernal Agate / Chalcedony
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color:
Peernal Chert (agate) ranges from a
white to pearly gray with a black banding occurring towards the bottom
of the formation and changing in color to a translucent yellow, pink,
and red with spots of white or pearly gray. Dendritic and
amorphous discoloration rages from black to red, blue, and yellow.
Texture: Fine grain
Luster: Vitreous
Translucency: Opaque to translucent
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Patina:
Heat Treatment:
Knapping: High
knapping quality
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Pedernal Chert is associated with the Pedernal Chert Member of the
Abiquiu Tuff Formation of New Mexico. Primary exposures occur on
the San Pedro Mountain about 7 miles south of Gallina, New Mexico and on
the slopes of Cerro Pedernal in the Charma Valley in northern New
Mexico.
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