Elsey Chert
Natural Form:
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color:
Elsey Chert ranges from a solid white to cream or a mottled white to cream with irregular blotches or spots of gray and brown
.
Texture:
Fine grain
Luster:
Waxy
Silica Fabrics / Fossils:
Crinoids and sponge spicules
Patina:
Heat Treatment:
Knapping:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Elsey Chert is associated with the Elsey Formation o
f southwestern Missouri.
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