Amabel Formation Chert













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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color: Amabel is white and lacks luster

Texture:

Luster: Dull

Translucency:  Opaque

Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Fossils include colonial corals and brachiopods.

Patina: Chalky white patina

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Primary Source Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

 Amabel Formation Chert is associated with the Middle Silurian Amabel Dolomite Formation.  Primarily occurs as is thin sheets and nodules in dolomite with exposures occurring throughout the Niagara Escarpment. 

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Similar Material:
Cabot Head Chert
Gull River Formation Chert
Fossil Hill Chert
Manitoulin Formation Chert
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