Nethers Chert
Flint Ridge variation
AKA: Ribbon Chert













Natural Form:



Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Nethers Chert is banded with colors ranging from light gray to black, pink to red, or tan to brown.

Texture: 
Fine grain

Luster: The luster may range from dull in the raw form to a glassy vitreous in heat treated form

Silica Fabrics / Fossils:

Patina:

Heat Treatment: 

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

Flint Ridge Chert is associated with the Van Port Member of the Allegheny Formation.  Primary sources are found in Licking County, Ohio.  Sources also reported in Muskingum County, Ohio.

 

Projectile point made from this material:



Heat Treated



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Flint Ridge Chert
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