Schoharie Chert

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Color: Schoharie Chert is a homogenous yellowish brown to a very dark gray.

Texture: Medium to fine grain

Luster: Dull

Translucency: Opaque

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Schoharie Chert is associated with the Schoharie Member of the Onondaga Limestone Formation of New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Occurs in the Hudson Valley extending from Kingston to Accord.

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