Color:
Reynales Chert varies in color from a white to light or medium gray or a
bluish gray.
Texture:
Medium grain
Luster: Dull to waxy
Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Fossils are present
primarily oolites and bryozoan.
Patina:
Heat Treatment:
Knapping:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Reynales Chert is associated with the Reynales Formation of the Clinton
group of New York and Ontario primarily occurring in the Niagara Gorge
and the Niagara Falls
region of Ontario and New York and around Clinton in Oneida County, New
York..
Projectile point made from this material:
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