Caballos Novaculite
AKA: Santiago Chert
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color:
Caballos Novaculite is primarily white.
However, the upper and middle layers (originally called Santiago Chert)
range from a banded multi colored: white, light green, light red,
and light browns.
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Caballos Novaculite is associated with the Caballos Novaculite Formation
as lenses in the Marathon Basin of Texas with primary outcroppings around Horse (Caballos)
Mountain, Brewster County, Texas. Caballos Novaculite Formation
overlies the Maraville Formation and underlies the Tesnus Formation.
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