Color: Degonia
Chert ranges from white to gray and blue
Texture: Medium to fine grain
Luster: Dull to waxy
Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Contains numerous
fossils including sponge spicules and crinoid columunals
Patina: Patina is white to yellow brown
Heat Treatment: Not typically heat
treated
Knapping:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Named for outcroppings in Degonia, Jackson County, Illinois, Degonia
Chert is primarily found in southern Illinois, southern Indiana, and
western Kentucky.
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