Rodgers Chert

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Color: Rodgers Cove Chert is a greenish gray.

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Rodgers Cove Chert is associated with the Rodgers Cove Formation of Newfoundland with exposures occurring in Rogers Cove, New World Island, Notre Dame Bay in Newfoundland. Discontinuous exposures also occur from Cobbs Arm west to Squid Cove.

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