Mall Bay Chert

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Color: Mall Bay Chert is black, green, and purple.

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Mall Bay Chert is associated with the Mall Bay Formation of the Conception Group of Newfoundland and Labrador with exposures occurring at the La Haye Point region of Mall Bay, Trepassey area on the southern Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland.

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