Name	Natural	Non-heat treated points	Heat treated points	Color details	Primary found in:	Associated        Formation / Member
Agate Jasper				Ranges from yellow to brown or green.  Part if the material will be banded and be translucent while the remaining will be mottled and opaque.	Southern Alberta
Alberta Ironstone AKA: Ironstone Concretions				Ranges from a dark rusty brown to black	Western to southern Alberta
Athabasca Quartzite				Ranges in color from a brown to a gray or silver gray color.  Inclusions may be present.	East central Alberta	McMurray Formation
Avon Chert AKA: Avon Valley Porcellanite				Porcelain white with brown chalcedony inclusions	Southwestern Alberta
Ayers Quartzite					Southwestern Alberta
Banff Chert				Commonly banded ranging from a dark gray to a bluish black	Southwestern Alberta	Banff Formation
Basalt				Ranges from black to gray	Alberta	Volcanic
Beaver River Silicified Sandstone AKA: Beaver Creek Quartzite, Muskeg Valley Microquartz				Slightly mottled ranging in color from brown to orange and light to medium gray	Northeastern Alberta
Black Quartzite				Ranges from a dark charcoal gray to black.	Southwestern Alberta
Blairmore Chert					Southern Alberta
Bowman Chert AKA: Bowman Porcellanite				Porcelain white with brown chalcedony inclusions	Southwestern Alberta
Cypress Hills Quartzite				Light grayish color.	Southeastern Alberta	Cypress Hills Formation
Doggett Chert				Variegated or breccia ranging most commonly a light tan or buff to brown.  Less commonly white to light blue or gray, dendritic inclusions are present	Southern Alberta	Pilgrim Limestone Formation
Dry Creek Quartzite					Alberta
Elk River Silicified Mudstone				Ranges from muddy brown to grey or black.  A mottled "wormified" or light "‘vermiculated" streaking may be present	British Columbia, Alberta	Elk River Formation
Etherington Chert				Mottled with colors of primarily gray with shades of brown, red, and purple.  Quartz inclusions and micro fossils are present.	Southwestern Alberta	Etherington Formation
Everson Creek Chert					Southern Alberta	South Fold - Thrust  Belt
Glacial Pass Concretions AKA: Glacial Pass Siliceous Mudstone				Ranging from dark gray or brown brown to beige, and greyish brown with some purplish brown	Southwestern Alberta	Fernie Formation
Grinnell Argillite				Ranges from a greenish gray or a dark red color	Southwestern Alberta	Grinnell Formation of the Belt Series
Grizzly Ridge Chert					Central Alberta
Gronlid Siltstone				Black in color with a gray shale cortex	Southeastern Alberta
Hand Hills Agate					South central Alberta
Helena Chert					Southern Alberta	Helena Limestone Formation
Knee Hills Tuff				Purplish gray weathering to a dark gray to black.	South central Alberta	Whitemud and Battle Formations
Knife River Flint Knife River Chert, Knife River Chalcedony				Ranges in color from a root beer, tea, coffee, or caramel brown	Southeastern Alberta	Eocene Golden Valley Formation
Kootenai Argillite AKA: Kootenay Argillite, Kootenie Argillite				Ranges from a light green to a light gray	Southwestern Alberta	Kootenai Formation
Lake One Dune Chert				Creamy white and gray to a brown	North central Alberta
Logan Quarry Chert				Light brownish yellow to a medium yellow.  Darker inclusion and veins of quartz / chalcedony may be present.	Southern Alberta	Jefferson Formation, Madison Group
Louise Falls Orthoquartzite				Quartz rich sandstone forming a orthoquartzite.	Northwest Territories, Alberta	Louise Falls Member of the Hay River Formation.
Nordegg Chert AKA: Nordegg Siltstone				Black	Southwestern Alberta	Nordegg Member of the Fernie Formation
Missing Link Mountain Quartzite					Southwestern Alberta
Norquay Chert					Southwestern Alberta	Mount Head Formation
Northern Quartzite AKA: Alta Quartzite, Polar Quartzite				Ranges from a honey brown to a slightly pale purplish gray color.	Central to northern Alberta
Obsidian AKA: Volcanic Glass				Black to black with bands of dark reds (mahogany obsidian) or white flakes (snowflake obsidian)	Alberta	Volcanic
Peace Point Chert				Mottled and banded gray color	North central Alberta	Limestone formation
Peace River Chert				Black	Northwestern Alberta
Peace River Siltstone				Ranges from a dark gray to black	Northwestern Alberta	Peace River Formation
Petrified Wood AKA: Agatized Wood, Opalized Wood				Vary in color based on the minerals present during the process	Alberta	Varies
Porcellanite Generic type				Ranges from white to brown or various shades of gray	Southern Alberta	Varies
Ranger Canyon Chert				Bluish gray with sponge spicules	Southern and central Alberta	Ranger Canyon Formation
Red Deer Siltstone AKA: Paskapoo Chert				Ranges from a dark red to tan color with white macrofossil inclusions.	South central to southwestern Alberta	Paskapoo Formation
Rhyolite				Gray to grayish black, flow banding may be present alternating from light to darker gray	North America	Volcanic Activity
Salt and Pepper Quartzite Northern Quartzite variant				Matrix that ranges from white to light gray, bluish gray or a light tannish brown white with black inclusions	East central Alberta
Schmitt Chert					Southern Alberta	Mission Canyon Limestone and Lodgepole Limestone formations of the Madison Group
Silicified Peat					Alberta
Tertiary Hills Clinker AKA: Tertiary Hills Welded Tuff, Keele River Obsidian				Ranges in color from white to grey, lower quality light brown, red, and purple are seen.	Northern Alberta
Tuff AKA: Solidified Volcanic Ash				Contains greater than 75 volcanic ash and ranges from white to tan, gray or pink.	North America	Volcanic activity
Vanochen Chert					Alberta