Arkansas Novaculite

Object Details

Notes: L-25 (Arkansas Novaculite): A direct collection from outcrop; Collection includes raw material, outer surface and naturally weathered speciemens; L-25 (Arkansis Novaculite); Arkansas Novaculite, also known as Garland County, Indian Mountain, Magnet Cove, Razor Stone, Stillman's Mountain, is a fine to very fine novaculite. It is white, blue, black or rose when raw. When heat treated the colors vary considerably, ranging from white to orange. It turns brown when weathered. It has tabular deposits.; Geology remarks: Epoch- Devonian; Location remarks: Magnet Cove, Gulpha Gorge, Indian Mountain, Hot Springs National Park and Stillman's Mountain, Garland County (All in Arkansas); Archaeology remarks: Vast prehistoric quarry pits on top of Indian Mountain Gulpha Gorge, Hot Springs National Park, AR.
Record Last Modified: 22 Nov 2019
Specimen Count: 1