Chert

[Marc St Louis]

I had heard on more than one occasion that there was no chert in my area. Well a local geologist told me there was and another local pointed me in the right direction to find some. Much of it is smaller pieces to small to do much with but quite a bit is large enough to make points. Here is what I collected



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[Justin Snyder]

Looks like a pretty good haul to me.  I have to hand it to you guys that can handle that hard rock.  That would keep me busy for years.  Justin

[mullet]

   Nice haul Marc.How grainy is it?

[Coo-wah-chobee]

     do u know what its called besides chert ?.........bob

[Pat B]

sex stone!       Pat

[Coo-wah-chobee]

LMAO.................................. .........bob

[Pat B]

I thought you'd like that, Bob.    Pat

[Marc St Louis]

Some of it is nice Eddie and others pieces have large grains in it. 

I think chalcedony is another name for chert.

I gathered this stone at the junction of the Mattawa and Ottawa rivers which was the location of an Algonkin tribe and a meeting place for trading.

[Hillbilly]

Nice haul, Marc.

[Coo-wah-chobee]

    Sorry ..guess I didn't say properly---------was wondering what name was for that particular chert.........bob

[Marc St Louis]

No idea Bob. Got it near the Ottawa river so maybe Ottawa chert?

[jamie]

marc i liked that stuff you sent me a long time ago. it had little fossils in it

[sonny]

looks quite a bit like what Paul refers to as Onondaga chert.....
I could be wrong but seems reasonable that you'd have the same chert from Southern Ontario to Northern Ontario.
 

 

[Marc St Louis]

Don't know Glenn. I have some of Paul's chert and it's darker in color than what I found.

There's supposed to be a couple large rocks there but I haven't been able to find them.

[DBernier]

Marc, that green piece on the bottom of the last photo looks realy nice. How about a photo of it and would you trade it? 

Dick