Color: Tallahatta Quartz ranges in color from a light gray to white with green, reddish brown, and black also occurring.  White specks giving a snowflake appearance.

Texture: Medium to fine grain

Luster: Vitreous to dull

Translucency:  Opaque to semi-translucent

Silica Fabrics / Fossils: A medium grain quartz sand

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Distribution Comments:

Tallahatta Quartz is associated with the Basic City Member of the Tallahatta Formation, Clairbourne Group primarily occurring as beds with outcroppings occurring from Neshoba County, Mississippi into Alabama, along the Chunky River and its tributaries in Lauderdale County, Mississippi and into Louisiana, southwestern Georgia, and northwestern Florida.  May be found as cobble in rivers and creeks in this area.