Valmont Dolomite / Chert











Natural Form:



Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color: Valmont Dolomite / Chert ranges from a whitish gray to a dark medium gray.
 
Texture: Medium to fine grain dolomite and fine grain chert

Luster:

Translucency: Opaque

Silica Fabrics / Fossils: 

Patina:  Brown

Heat Treatment: 

Knapping:  Produces a conchoidal fracture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Valmont Dolomite / Chert is associated with the Valmont Dolomite Formation of New Mexico.  Primarily occurring as beds of dolomite and scarce nodules and seams of chert in the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico. 
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