Stoner Chert (A and B)












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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Stoner Chert ranges from light to medium gray or a grayish tan with white veins.

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Translucency:  Opaque

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

Stoner Chert is associated with the Stoner Member of the Stanton Formation, Lansing Group of Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri.  Primary outcroppings occur in the Shoal Creek Quarry, Missouri and in Clinton County, Kansas

 

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