L-1178 (Vanport Chert) Vanport Chert, also known as Flint Ridge (OH), is smooth chert. It is every natural color and countless combinations, but black in uncommon. Thermal alteration does not produce ...

Donor Name Estate Of John D. Holland Notes L-530 (Vanport Chert): Direct collection from outcrop. Collection includes raw material, modern flint-knappers' work, heat-treated specimens. L-530 (Vanport ...

Silicification is a diagenetic process that can affect the fidelity of trace fossil preservation. The combination of compaction and oversilicification associated with chert precipitation can alter the ...

If you want to see some of it for yourself, just go out the back of the Shoal Creek Center in Joplin. “Chert is a kind of rock that in and of itself is not all that uncommon but as a glade or as ...

Ellis described the chert flint rock as easy to flake and glass-like. He said it would have taken considerable skill and patience to shape the spearhead into a perfect point.