Color:  Pinetop Chert ranges in color from a white to a beige or light to dark gray.

Texture: Fine grain

Luster:

Translucency:  Opaque

Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Fossiliferous

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Notes:  Originally called Brushy Creek Chert but renamed due to overuse of that name and for the consistency of using the formation name..
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution Comments:

Pinetop Chert is associated with the Pinetop Formation of Oklahoma.  Primary outcroppings are located in the southeastern Ouachita Mountains.  Was originally called Brushy Creek Chert for exposures along Brushy Creek in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.