Quebec Lithic Material
Name | Natural | Non-heat treated points | Heat treated points | Color details | Primary found in: | Associated Formation / Member |
Alison Quartzite AKA: Allison Quartzite |
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Ranges from a green to gray or black | Northern Quebec | Alison Quartzite Formation of the Kaniapiskau Supergroup | |
Argillite (Generic type) |
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Light to dark green, but may range to various shades of gray. | North America | Varies | |
Bonnecherre Chert |
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Ranges from black to light grey with darker fine banding and quartz vug | Southern Quebec | Hull Formation of the Ottawa Group |
Breakeyville Orthoquartzite |
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Very quartz rich sandstone forming an orthoquartzite. | Southeastern Quebec | Breakeyville Formation of the Sillery Group | |
Carrabassett Metamorphic Quartzite |
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Dark gray when freshly fractured weathering to a medium gray. | Southeastern Quebec | Quartzite member of the Carrabassett Formation | |
Chert de Kitchispi AKA: Deschambauklt Chert |
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Ranges from a medium to dark gray or black to a light brown. |
Southeastern Quebec | Deschambault Formation of the Trenton Group |
Crown Point Chert |
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Dark bluish black | Southeastern Quebec | Crown Point Limestone Formation of the Chazy Group |
Crystal Quartz |
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clear colorless stone similar to clear glass | Eastern North America | ||
Flemming Chert |
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Ranges in color from white to shades of tan or gray to black. It is mottled and commonly banded. | North central Quebec | Fleming Formation |
Flemming Chert Breccia |
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Fractured gray and black chert in a gray quartzite matrix. | North central Quebec | Fleming Formation |
Flemming Quartzite |
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Gray | North central Quebec | Fleming Formation |
Hathaway Chert AKA: St. Albans Chert |
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Ranges from a homogenous olive green to black or a olive green with black mottling. | Southeastern Quebec | Hathaway Formation |
Hudson Bay Lowland Chert |
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Bluish gray to a light tan or pale yellow | Southwestern Quebec | Severen, Ekwan, and Stooping River formations |
Indian Cove Chert |
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East central Quebec | Indian Cove Formation of the Gaspé Limestone Group | |
Kichispi Chert Upper Gull River variant |
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Continuously banded chert ranging in color from a brownish grey or greyish beige. | Southern Quebec | Upper Gull River Formation |
Lowville Chert AKA: Birdseye Chert |
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Ranges from a dark gray to black. | Southern Quebec | Lowville Limestone Formation of the Black River Group |
Mistassini Quartzite AKA: Albanel Quartzite |
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Ranges from a bright white to light gray with medium to dark gray or black streaks or inclusions. | Southeastern Quebec | Temiscamie Formation of the Mistassini Group | |
Munsungun Chert AKA: Munsungun Lake Chert |
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Diverse coloration ranging from a light gray or greenish gray to black or red weathering to a light tan or gray. | Southeastern Quebec | Munsungun Formation |
Naskapoka Chert |
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Dark gray with mottling or striation commonly present. | West central Quebec | |
Needle Chert AKA: Needle Hornfels, Cap Bon Ami Hornfels |
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Ranges from a tan or yellowish brown to dark brown or dark gray | East central Quebec | Cap Bon Ami Formation | |
Nullatuktok Chert |
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Mottled and ranges from white, gray, and black. | Northern Quebec | Nullatuktok Formation of the Ramah Group |
Onondaga Chert AKA: See page |
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Vary from light to dark gray to a mottled bluish gray to a dark brown or black or tan. | Southern Quebec | Onondaga Limestone Formation |
Orthoquartzite (Generic type) |
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Varies | North America | Varies | |
Quartz |
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Milky white with thin veins |
North America | ||
Quartzite |
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Varies from white to gray, or pink and tan in color | North America | ||
Ramah Chert AKA: Mugsford Chert |
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Ranges from a light gray to a frosted white with parallel black bands, black iron inclusions, and orange rust spots commonly present. | Northeastern Quebec | ||
Rhyolite |
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Gray to grayish black, flow banding may be present alternating from light to darker gray | North America | ||
Roquemaure Jasper |
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Red and black | South central Quebec | Basalt formations | |
Ruth Lake Chert |
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Ranges from a dark gray to green. | North central Quebec | Ruth Lake Formation of the Knob Lake Group. |
Seritized Rhyolite |
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Quebec | Watson Lake Group | ||
Seward Quartzite |
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White | North central Quebec | Seward Formation of the Knob Lake Group | |
Shiphead Chert |
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East central Quebec | Shiphead Formation of the Gaspé Limestone Group | |
Sims Quartzite |
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White | North central Quebec | Sims Formation of the Knob Lake Group | |
Sokoman Chert |
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Ranges from a dark greenish gray to a grayish black weathering to a brown or gray. | Northern Quebec | Sokoman Formation of the Knob Lake Group |
Touladi Chert Trout Lake Chert AKA: Cabano Chert |
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Ranges from gray to a bluish gray or black
with tans also occurring. |
East central Quebec | Cabano Formation |
Tourelle Chert |
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Radiolarian chert | Southeastern Quebec | Tourelle Formation, Quebec Supergroup |
Weir Chert AKA: Armstrong Brook Chert |
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Chert, quartz, and jasper all occur in this formation | East central Quebec | Weir Formation |
Wishart Quartzite |
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Ranges from white to light gray | North central Quebec | Wishart Formation of the Knob Lake Group |