Color:  Attalla Chert occurs as a conglomerate or breccia and is light to medium gray.  Primarily has small angular chert fragments in a siliceous matrix.

Texture:  Medium grain

Luster:

Translucency:  Opaque

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Distribution Comments:

Attalla Chert is associated with the Attalla Chert Conglomerate Member of the Chickamauga Limestone Formation of north central Alabama.  Primary outcroppings occur around Attalla, Etowah County, Alabama and into Georgia.