Farmington Chert











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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Farmington Chert ranges from a most common pale green to a light tannish green.
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Farmington Chert is associated with volcanic activity and has been reported to be a rhyolite, greenstone, and metachert.  It occurs in Stanislaus and Calaveras counties in California and has been reported to occur as cobble along Littlejohns Creek.
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