Butterscotch Chert
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color:
Butterscotch Chert ranges from a
light brown to a dark yellowish brown.
Texture:
Luster:
Translucency:
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Butterscotch Chert is named for the Butterscotch Quarry in the Wylie
Mountains southeast of Van Horn Texas. It is associated with a
limestone formation, but the name of the limestone formation is not
mentioned / known so the proper name was not included here. There
is mention that similar material also outcrops in the Needle Peak area
of Pinto Canyon of the Chinati / Vieja Mountains which may be the same
formation and same material.
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