Burnt Head Chert

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Color: Burnt Head Chert ranges from a gray chert to a black cherty shale.

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Burnt Head Chert is associated with the Pyroclastic Member of the Burnt Head Formation, Cutwell Group of Newfoundland and Labrador. Exposures occur on Long Island, Newfoundland.

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