Color:  Boone Chert is mottled and ranges has a great variation in color.  Most commonly the color ranges from from a light gray to white.  The color can range from light gray to almost black, tans also occur.

Texture: Medium to fine grain

Luster: Waxy

Silica Fabrics / Fossils:

Patina: Brownish

Heat Treatment:  Heat treatment produces has little changes in color or luster, reddish hues may occur.  Heat treatment does increase the flaking quality.

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Distribution Comments:

Boone Chert  is associated with the Boone Limestone Formation and named for Boone County, Arkansas.  Primary outcroppings are found along the upper White River with the highest concentrations being just west of the Black River to about 5 miles northeast of Sulphur Rock.  It forms a 5 to 15 mile from northeast of Sulphur Rock forming the greater part of Benton County and into Carroll County, Marion County, and Searcy County in Arkansas and into Missouri.  It is thought to underlay the Boone Mountains and throughout the Arkansas Valley.  It is reported into Tennessee.