Florida Lithic Material
Name | Natural | Non-heat treated points | Heat treated points | Color details | Primary found in: | Associated Formation / Member |
Andesite Generic Type |
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North America | Varies | ||
Argillite (Generic Type) |
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Light to dark green, but may range to various shades of gray. | North America | Varies | |
Bay Bottom Chert |
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Peloidal packstone ranging from a white to brown, light gray, or dark gray. Clear chalcedony can replace fossils or vugs. | Western Florida | Tampa Limestone Member of the Arcadia Formation, Hawthorne Group |
Blushing Star Coral (Species type) |
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Ranges from grayish white to gray with darker "star burst" patters present. | Western Florida | Tampa Formation | |
Box Fire Coral (Species type) |
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Encrusted base with thick walled box like structure forming upward. | Western Florida | Tampa Formation | |
Brain Coral (Species type) |
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Brain like shape with ridges and deep interconnected double valleys. | Western Florida | Tampa Formation | |
Brooksville Chert Suwannee Chert variation |
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Ranges from a light gray, pale tan, or pink with abundant fossils | Western Florida | Suwannee Limestone Formation, Vicksburg Group |
Caladesi Chert Tampa Chert variation |
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Ranges from a dark gray to black or brown with light gray also occurring with chalcedony filled vugs commonly present. | Western Florida | Tampa Limestone Member of the Arcadia Formation, Hawthorne Group |
Carnelian (Generic Type) |
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Translucent and varies in shades from reddish brown to reddish orange. | North America | Varies | |
Cow House Creek Chert Tampa Chert variation |
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Ranges from tans to browns with chalcedony filled vugs commonly occurring. | Western Florida | Tampa Limestone Member, Arcadia Formation | |
Crystal Quartz |
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clear colorless stone similar to clear glass | Eastern North America | ||
Flint River Chert AKA: Butterscotch Chert (Coastal Chert) |
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Ranges from a yellowish brown to a medium brown. | Northwestern Florida | Flint River Formation, Vicksburg Group |
Fossilized Coral AKA: Agatized Coral, Silicified Coral, Coral Chalcedony (Generic Type) |
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Ranges from clear to white, grayish blue, brown, tan, or yellow. Starburst patterns or banding may be present. | Western Florida | Tampa Formation | |
Glendon
Chert (Coastal Chert) |
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Ranges from white to a creamy tan or brown with dark gray, black, and bluish white also occurring. Clear chalcedony and mottling commonly occurs. | Northwestern Florida | Glendon Limestone Formation, Vicksburg Group |
Hattiesburg Orthoquartzite |
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Gray opal cemented quarttztic siltstone or sandstone that may have shades of light brown or tan giving a mottled appearance. | Northwestern Florida | Hattiesburg Formation | |
Hillsborough Chert Tampa Chert variation |
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Ranges from tan to brown with medium to dark gray also occurring. Chalcedony or quartz lined vugs commonly present | Western Florida | Tampa Limestone Member of the Arcadia Formation, Hawthorne Group |
Marianne Chert AKA: Mint Springs Marl |
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Ranges from a white to cream color | Northwestern Florida | Mint Springs Marl Member, Marianna Formation, |
Mountainous Star Coral Orbicella Faveolata (Species type) |
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Solid, very large dome or stumped shaped with small lumps, bulges, or lobes. | Western Florida | Tampa Formation | |
Ocala Chert AKA: Jackson Stage Chert (Coastal Chert) |
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Ranges in color from a a white to a cream or tan, yellow, red, and black colors also occur. Fossil inclusions commonly occur. | Northern Florida | Ocala Limestone Formation, Jackson Group. |
Orthoquartzite (Generic Type) |
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Ranges from white to tan, red green, brown, or black. | North America | Varies | |
Peace River Chert |
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Opaline chert that ranges from a dark gray to brown | Western Florida | Peace River Formation, Hawthorne Group | |
Petrified Wood AKA: Agatized Wood, Opalized Wood |
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Vary in color based on the minerals present during the process | North America | Varies | |
Quartz AKA: Vein Quartz |
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Milky white with thin veins |
North America | Varies | |
Quartzite (Generic Type) |
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Varies from white to gray, or pink and tan in color | North America | Varies | |
Rhyolite (Generic Type) |
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Gray to grayish black, flow banding may be present alternating from light to darker gray | North America | Varies | |
Staghorn Coral (Species type) |
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Cylindrical branches | Western Florida | Tampa Formation | |
Suwannee Chert (Coastal Chert) |
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Ranges from brown to a creamy tan with dark gray, black, and bluish white also occurring, chalcedony, mottling, or banding may occur. J | Northern Florida | Suwannee Limestone Formation, Vicksburg Group |
Tallahatta Chert AKA: Tallahatta Chert, Alabama Agate |
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Glossy multicolored chert that may vary from red to amber, yellow, and blue. | Northwestern Florida | Tallahatta Formation, Clairborne Group | |
Tallahatta Quartz AKA: Tallahatta Sandstone, Snowflake Quartzite |
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Light gray arenite with white specks giving a snowflake appearance. | Northern Florida | Tallahatta Formation, Clairborne Group | |
Tampa Chert |
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Ranges from a yellow to a tan or brown with medium to dark gray also occurring. Chalcedony or quartz filled vugs are commonly present.. | Northwestern Florida | Tampa Limestone Formation |
Tuff AKA: Solidified Volcanic Ash |
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Contains greater than 75 volcanic ash and ranges from white to tan, gray or pink. | North America | Volcanic activity | |
Withlacoochee Chert Suwannee Chert variation |
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Ranges from a dark gray to a reddish brown in a grainstone fabric. | North central Florida | Suwannee Limestone Formation, Vicksburg Group |