Great South Gems & Minerals

• Fossiliferous Chert •
(Georgia)

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• Fossiliferous Chert •
(Georgia)

Savannah River Agate - Fossiliferous Chert - quartz

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 .

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Collecting Chert at Gerard, Georgia Tumble Polishing Stones

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.

Here are a couple of shots of material I just reached down and picked up right where I stopped my truck.

You won't have any trouble finding the material, even pieces with nice color; there's plenty here. You can fill as many buckets as you wish.

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