Color:
Sideling Hill Quarry ranges from a grayish blue to a medium to dark gray
or white. Streaking
or banding may be present.
Texture: Fine grain
Luster:
Translucency:
Silica Fabrics / Fossils:
Patina:
Heat Treatment:
Knapping:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Sideling Hill Chert primarily occurs in Sideling Hill Quarry, Augusta
County, Virginia.
May be associated with the New Creek Limestone Formation (Coeymans
Limestone Formation).
Projectile point made from this material:
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