Color: Poughquag
Quartzite is a dark bluish gray.
Texture:
Luster:
Translucency:
Silica Fabrics / Fossils:
Patina:
Heat Treatment:
Knapping: Produces a
sharp fracture
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Poughquag Quartzite is associated with the Poughquag Quartzite Formation
of the Wappinger Group of New York. Exposures occur in Dutchess,
Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester counties, New York.
Projectile point made from this material:
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