Watts Bight Chert










Natural Form:



Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Watts Bight Chert ranges from black to a dark or light gray.

Texture: 
Luster: 

Translucency
Silica Fabrics / Fossils:
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Watts Bight Chert is associated with the Watts Bight Formation of the St. George Group of Newfoundland and Labrador.  Abundant chert occurring as nodules in stromatolite mounds and in beds ranging from 30 to 50 cm thick along the west shore of South Bay in south Ste. Genevieve Bay.
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