Color:
Nethers Chert is banded with colors ranging from light gray to black,
pink to red, or tan to brown.
Texture: Fine grain
Luster: The luster may range from dull in the
raw form to a glassy vitreous in heat treated form
Silica Fabrics / Fossils:
Patina:
Heat Treatment:
Knapping:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Flint Ridge Chert is associated with the Van Port Member of the
Allegheny Formation. Primary sources are found in Licking County, Ohio.
Sources also reported in Muskingum County, Ohio.
Projectile point made from this material:
Heat Treated
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