Pumpernickle Chert











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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Pumpernickel Chert ranges from a reddish gray to brown or black
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Luster:

Translucency:

Silica Fabrics / Fossils:  Abundant sponge spicules and few radiolaria
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Pumpernickel Chert is associated with the Pumpernickel Formation of Nevada.  Primarily occurring as beds and nodules with outcroppings occur on Battle Mountain, Shoshone Range, and the Toiyabe Range of Nevada..
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