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Lithic Sourcing |
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Archeologists guide to toolstone sources. |
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A highly lustrous dark black or dark grey chert. Can have striping. Calcite crystal inclusions are often visible under strong light or with a hand lens. Pitkin sometimes has small fossil inclusions but those are not easily visible in dark colored chert. |
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A highly lustrous dark black or dark grey chert. Can have striping. Pyrite or marcasite crystal inclusions are often visible under strong light or with a hand lens. |
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Fayetteville chert |
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Big Fork chert |
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Wide range of colors including white, blue, green, gray, and dark gray almost black. Reed’s Spring is often shows mottling or banding. Jack Ray has documented 9 types. Don Dickson has described over 20 Reed’s Spring variations. |
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Argillite |
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Black Tool Stone |
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