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Knife River Flint

Archeology
"Patina and remants of vegetal matter, good conchoidal fracture."  Collected by Joe Herman, South Fork Big Nemaha Survey.  Pebbles and cobbles in river ...
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Winterset B Chert

Archeology
NSHS ID: 005SY25 State: Nebraska County: Sarpy Lithic Type: Winterset B Chert Geology: Winterset Member, Dennis Formation, Kansas City Group, Missourian ...
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Stoner A Chert

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Modern quarry   NSHS ID: 001SY25 State: Nebraska County: Sarpy Lithic Type: Stoner A Chert Geology: Stoner Limestone Member, Stanton Limestone ...
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South Bend Chert

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NSHS ID: 004SY25 State: Nebraska County: Sarpy Lithic Type: South Bend Chert Exposure: Road Cut Geology: South Bend Member, Stanton Limestone Formation, ...
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Morrison Formation Quartzite

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Seems likely that this material is very similar or related to Spanish Diggings Orthoquartzite as they are from the same/related geologic formations.   NSHS ...
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Sioux Quartzite

Archeology
NSHS ID: 002UN25 State: Nebraska County: Unknown Lithic Type: Sioux Quartzite More Specific Location: "Eastern Nebraska" Geology: Sioux Formation, ...
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Republican River Jasper

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Lime Creek. Collected by S. Holen 10-16-82? Or 87?, unclear if the sample is from the vicinity of Lime Creek in Northeastern Nebraska or the Lime Creek site in ...
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Pennsylvanian Chert

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Seems to have been collected from a modern quarry, some of the samples have gold spray paint on them.  Based on the geologic information provided with this sample it is ...
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Tongue River Silicified Sediment

Archeology
Archeological specimens, some from 39CA208 and 39CO1. S. Ahler collection.   NSHS ID: 002CA39 Site #: 39CA208 and 39CO1 State: South Dakota County: ...
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Tongue River Silicified Sediment

Archeology
Tag lists this as "Coarse Yellow/Red TRSS". S. Ahler collection.   NSHS ID: 001CA39 Site #: 39CA208 State: South Dakota County: Campbell Lithic ...
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Battle Mountain Quartzite

Archeology
Likely an orthoquartize as opposed to quartzite. Collected by S. Ahler 1975. Notes indicate that it was collected from the surface around fire tower.   NSHS ...
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Republican River Jasper

Archeology
NSHS ID: 001PH14 Site #: 14PH338 State: Kansas County: Phillips Lithic Type: Republican River Jasper AKA: Smoky Hill Silicified Chalk Occurrence: ...
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