Name	Natural	Non-heat treated points	Heat treated points	Color details	Primary found in:	Associated Formation / Member
Abitibi Chert AKA: Lake of the Woods Chert				Ranges in color white mottled with green, to a homogenous dark green	Southwestern Ontario	South Kakagi Lake formation
Ajibik Quartzite AKA: Kakabeka Quartzite				Ranges from a light gray to a flesh or tan color.  Commonly  stained spots that range from tan to yellow, or a reddish brown	Southwestern to south central Ontario	Lower Marquette series
Amabel Formation Chert				White lacking luster	Southeastern Ontario	Middle Silurian Amabel Formation
Ancaster Chert AKA: Lockport Chert and Goat Island Chert				Mottle light to medium gray with inclusions of lighter quartz.  Commonly rusty stains.	Southeastern Ontario	Lockport Formation
Animikie Chert				Deep green color	Southwestern Ontario	Animikie formation, Marquette Range subgroup
Argillite				Light to dark green, but may range to various shades of gray.	Ontario
Balsam Lake Speckled Chert AKA: Upper Bobcaygeon Chert				Bluish gray with white speckles	Southeastern Ontario	Bobcaygeon formation
Bar River Quartzite				Ranges from a smoky white to a pale yellow with pinkish hues	South central Ontario	Bar River Formation
Bayport Chert				Varies from light brown to a medium gray.  White quartz inclusions can form white clouds or bulls eye forms in the material, Banding may be present.	Southeastern Ontario	Bayport Limestone formation
Bobcaygeon Chert AKA: Marmora Chert				Ranges in color from gray to gray brown and dark brown to black	Eastern Ontario	Middle Ordovician formation
Bois Blanc Formation Chert				Color ranging from almost white to grays, browns, and blues	Southeastern Ontario	Bois Blanc Formation Limestone
Bonnecherre Chert				Ranges  from black to light grey with darker fine banding and quartz vug	Northeastern Ontario	Hull formation of the Ottawa group
Cabot Head Chert AKA: Bruce Chert				Ranges in color from shades of white to a light gray.	Ontario, Michigan, Indiana, New York	Cabot Head Member of the Cataract Formation
Colborne Chert Bois Blanc Variant				Light bluish grey color	Southern Ontario	Bois Blanc Formation
Collingwood Chert Fossil Hill variation				Ranges from white to an off white or cream color	Southeastern Ontario	Fossil Hill Formation
Coshocton Chert Upper Mercer Chert variation				Ranges from a medium gray to a dark bluish gray with bands of various shades of blue, commonly has bands of white quartz	Southeastern Ontario	Pottsville formation
Crystal Quartz				clear colorless stone similar to clear glass	Ontario
Detour Chert Fossil Hill variation				Ranges in color from a bluish gray to a dark brown.  White circular inclusions are present in this chert	Southern Ontario	Fossil Hill Formation
Eramosa Chert				Ranges from light to medium gray or brown gray	Southeastern Ontario	Goat Island Member
Flemming Chert				Ranges in color from white to shades of tan or gray to black.  It is mottled and commonly banded.	Northeastern Ontario	Fleming formation limestone
Flint Ridge Chert /Chalcedony AKA: Van Port Chert, Raccoon Creek Chert				White to bluish hues with bands of light gray, reds, and yellows	Southeastern Ontario	Van Port Member of the Allegheny Formation
Fossil Hill Chert AKA: White Chert				Ranges in color from off white to bluish white.  Hues include red, pink, yellow and green.  Speckled with oxides and quartz	Southeastern Ontario	Fossil Hill Formation Limestone
Gordon Lake Chert / Quartzite				Green chert or quartzite.  Can range from opaque to translucent	South central Ontario	Glacial pebbles and cobble
Graywacke				Color is greenish gray with dark specks of felsite and quartz	Ontario	Lower member of the Georgian Bay Formation
Gull River Chert (Upper) AKA: Trent Valley Chert				Ranges from black or blackish blue with lenticular cream or light tan mottling	Southeastern Ontario	Gull River Limestone
Gun Flint Silica Brandon Flint				Translucent to transparent and ranges in color from a gray to bluish gray or almost colorless.  Small black inclusions throughout the material	Southwestern Ontario	Gunflint Formation, Animikian Group
Haldimand Chert Bois Blanc Variant				Ranges from a light gray to a light tan cream color	South eastern to south central Ontario	Bois Blanc Formation
Hudson Bay Lowland Chert				Bluish gray to a light tan or pale yellow	Northwestern to central Ontario	Severen, Ekwan, and Stooping river formations
Huronia Chert AKA: Lower Gull River Chert				Bluish gray mottled or banded chert with brownish-grey or greyish-beige colors.  Chert is commonly speckled with light/dark grey, or grey-black	Southeastern Ontario	Fontenac Axis member of the Gull River formation
Huronian Jasper AKA: St. Joseph Island and  Drummond Island Puddingstone, Michigan Puddings					South central Ontario	Lorrain formation of the Colbalt Group of Ontario
Jacobsville Sandstone AKA: Redstone, Brown Stone, Lake Superior Sandstone, Eastern Sandstone				Ranges in color from a red or brown with mottling of pinks, browns, and whites.	South central Ontario	Jacobsville formation
Jasper Taconite Taconite Jasper AKA: Gun Flint				Deep red color to black or blue with darker small round inclusions.  The inclusion can vary in color from dark green, dark blue, or black	Southwestern Ontario	Gunflint Formation, Animikian Group
Kakabeka Chert				Ranges in color from grays with streaks of yellow, orange, or reds.  Needle shaped inclusions can give the material a wood grain appearance.	Ontario, Minnesota	Gunflint Formation
Kettle Point Chert AKA: Ausabel Chert, Port Franks Chert / Chalcedony				Ranges from a mottled blue gray to a medium gray with darker grayish banding, lighter clouds or streaks are present	Southeastern Ontario	Ipperwash Formation Limestone
Kichispi Chert Upper Gull River variant				Continuously banded chert ranging in color from a brownish grey or greyish beige.	Northeastern Ontario	Upper Gull River formation
Knife Lake Siltstone				Ranges in color from a greenish gray to black	Southwestern Ontario
Lafarge Banded Chert					South central Ontario	Amherstburg Limestone formation
Lake of the Woods Chert				Ranges from a white mottled with green to a homogenous dark green to black color	Southwestern Ontario	South Kakagi Lake Formation
Lake of the Woods Rhyolite				Ranges in color from a greenish gray to less commonly a gray.  Streaks of brown to orangish brown may be present.	Southwestern Ontario
Lake Superior Agate				Range in color from a light to dark salmon or coral color with alternating bands of white or light yellow.  Colorless inclusions of quartz are often present.	Southwestern to south central Ontario	Nebraska - Archean System
Lake Vermillion Chert					Southwestern Ontario	Lake Vermillion Formation
Lockport Chert				Ranges in color from white to a very light white gray	Southeastern Ontario	Goat Island member of the Lockport Formation
Lorrain Quartzite				Ranges in color from a most common white to a less common purple	South central Ontario	Huronian Lorrain Formation
Manitoulin Formation Chert AKA: Cup and Saucer Chert				Varying shades of white	South central Ontario	Bios Blanc Formation
Mesnard Quartzite				Ranges in color from a a light gray to shades of pink and light red.  Weathers to white.	South central Ontario	Algonkian Formation, Chocolay Group, Animikie Series
Metasequoia Occidentalis
Mistassini Quartzite AKA: Albanel Quartzite				Ranges from a bright white to light gray with light gray inclusions.	Southeastern Ontario	Colline Blanche Formation
Nellie Blue Chert (Upper Mercer Chert variant)				Gray to medium blue and commonly has white streaks	Southeastern Ontario	Upper Mercer Limestone of the Pottsville group
Nethers Chert Flint Ridge Chert variation AKA: Ribbon Chert				Banded with colors ranging from light gray to black, pink to red, or tan to brown	Southeastern Ontario	Van Port Member of the Allegheny Formation
Niagara Chert				gray to blue gray in color with speckles of quartz.	Northeastern Ontario
Oneota Chert AKA: Oneota Prairie de Chein Chert (lower)				Ranges from white to gray or yellowish or orange	Southwestern Ontario	Lower Prairie de Chien Group,  Oneota formation
Onondaga Chert AKA: Buttermilk Falls, Black Rock, Clarence, Coniferous, Diver's Lake, Edgecliff, Moore House, Nedrow, Seneca, Fort Erie Chert				Vary from light to dark gray to a mottled bluish gray to a dark brown or black or tan.	Eastern Ontario	Onondaga Limestone Formation
Orthoquartzite				Varies	Ontario
Petoskey Stone
Port Arther Jasper				Range from a red to a purple color	Southwestern Ontario	Gunflint Formation, Animikian Group
Providence Bay Chert Fossil Hill variation				A mottled chert ranging in colors from a white to a blue gray or gray and a blue gray to a light tan	South central Ontario	Fossil Hill Formation
Quartz				Milky white with thin veins	Ontario
Quartzite				Varies from white to gray, or pink and tan in color	Ontario
Red River Chert				Ranges from white to light gray or light brown and may vary from a solid color to mottled	Southwestern Ontario
Reynales Chert / Silicified Sandstone				Varies in color from a white to light or medium gray or a bluish gray.	Southeastern Ontario	Reynales formation
Rhyolite				Gray to grayish black, flow banding may be present alternating from light to darker gray	Ontario
Rideau Chert					Eastern Ontario	March formation of the Beekmantown Group
Rossport Chert				Opaque and black in color	South central Ontario	Gunflint Formation, Animikian Group
Saugeen Chert Bois Blanc variation				Color ranging from very light almost white	Southeastern Ontario	Bois Blanc Formation
Selkirk Chert AKA: Dundee Chert				Range in color from light gray to yellowish gray, dark gray, , black or brown.  White to light gray bands or clouds are present	Southeastern Ontario	Dundee Limestone Formation
Sheguiandah Quartzite AKA: Kikkarney Quartzite, Munising Quartzite				Ranges in color from a white to a light gray and has light rose color staining.	Southeastern Ontario	Bar Formation
Sudbury Melonite
Swan River Chert				Ranges from a creamy white to gray, pink to a rust, or pale yellow to deep orange, commonly has banding	Southwestern Ontario	Souris River Formation, Point Wilks Member
Thermo Valley Chert
Trent Valley Chert AKA: Upper Gull River Chert				Ranges from black or blackish blue with lenticular cream or light tan mottling	Southeastern Ontario	Upper Member of the Gull River Limestone formation
Upper Mercer Chert				Ranges in color from a medium gray to black	Southeastern Ontario	Upper Mercer Limestone of the Pottsville group
West Patricia Chert AKA Green Re-crystalized Chert				Green recrystallized chert that has the appearance of green quartzite.	West central Ontario
Wike Chert Fossil Hill variation				Ranges in color from a white to off white or bluish gray with minimal banding.  Chalcedony crystal vugs are present	South central Ontario	Fossil Hill formation
Zaleski Chert Upper Mercer Chert variation AKA: Black Flint				Glossy black and commonly has white streaks	Southeastern Ontario	Zaleski member of the Allegheny Formation