Seneca Chert
 AKA: Moorehouse Chert











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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color: Seneca Chert is a medium gray weathering to light colors.

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Translucency: 

Silica Fabrics / Fossils:  Small crinoids, trilobites, and brachiopods.

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Seneca Chert is associated with the Seneca Member (Moorehouse Member) of the Onondaga Limestone Formation of New York with chert is abundant and primarily occurring at the western exposures of this formation.  Named for exposures at Seneca Stone Quarry in New York. 
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