Santa Cruz Island Chert
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color: Santa
Cruz Island Chert ranges in color from white to gray or a light blond to
a dark brown and occasionally bluish in cast.
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Distribution Comments:
Santa Cruz Island Chert outcrops on Santa
Cruz Island, but artifacts from this material has been found at sites on
San Miguel Island and on the adjacent California mainland.
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