Color:
Kakabeka Chert ranges in color from grays with streaks of yellow,
orange, or reds. Needle shaped inclusions can give the material a
wood grain appearance.
Texture:
Fine grain
Luster:
Silica Fabrics / Fossils:
Patina:
Heat Treatment: Heat treatment has
little to no notable difference in flaking quality.
Knapping: Good flaking quality
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Kakabeka Chert is associated with the Gunflint Formation, Animikian
Group of Minnesota
and Ontario. The only known outcrop of the material is at Kakabeka
Falls near Thunder Bay, Ontario and found into northeastern Minnesota in
glacial till.
Projectile point made from this material:
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