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Savannah River Agate

35 Piece flat. Commonly called "Savannah River Agate" Chert is a variety of quartz. Silicon dioxide. Hardness 7. This material was very popular with early man in the area surrounding this deposit and was used for making a wide range of tools and weapons. Arrowheads, scrapers, drill points, knife blades, and other items. Conchoidal fracture. Glassy like finish .

Study of some cherts under the microscope reveals the presence of microscopic siliceous skeletons of certain algae and protozoans, which, having accumulated on the ocean bottom, were compacted and partly recrystallized to form chert. Read Ray's article on this collecting site.

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