Color:
Potter Chert is mottled with shades of white, gray, blue, and yellow.
Texture:
Fine grain
Luster: Waxy
Translucency: Opaque
Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Micro fossils present
Patina:
Heat Treatment:
Knapping:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments: Potter Chert is associated with the Potter Member of the Ogallala
Formation of the Texas Panhandle. Primary outcroppings occur along
the Palo Duro Creek in the Northeastern Panhandle of Texas.
Projectile point made from this material:
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