Throws sparks off a fire steel. it's just a form of translucent banded chalcedony, no?
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Flint (or Chert) Shards in Canada
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Throws sparks off a fire steel. it's just a form of translucent banded chalcedony, no?
Pretty much
Very little difference between flint, chert, jasper and agate. Mostly, they are primarily silica, with varying amounts of minor impurities
Yes, all forms of chalcedony, thanks for confirming that. They all seem to have concodial fractures so figured as much.
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- Location
- Northern ON
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunflint_chert
Lol, it's literally called the Gunflint Formation... I believe it can be found near Manitoulin Island, but checking out the OGS map websites would help lock down locations.
Lol, it's literally called the Gunflint Formation... I believe it can be found near Manitoulin Island, but checking out the OGS map websites would help lock down locations.
I wonder which side of north shore lake Erie the "Gunflint Chert" was found in the vid? Niagara or west side (Simcoe/ London/Windsor)? He wasn't far from the border crossing with the U.S.
The Gunflint Formation is mostly in Minnesota, it might reach into Ontario out Thunder Bay way. The chert found on Manitoulin is Fossil Hill Formation.
Kettle point (north of Sarnia) is famous for it's chert (flint). It made a lot of the dark gray arrow heads and scraping tools used by the indiginous peoples of this area.
Also, a lot of the pebbles found along Lake Erie are chert/flint....just have to recognize what it looks like before it is knapped.
Also, a lot of the pebbles found along Lake Erie are chert/flint....just have to recognize what it looks like before it is knapped.
