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Stránská Skála chert

Material name: Stránská Skála chert
Synonyms: East Moravian Hornstone
Material (geologic): Upper Jurassic (Malm) chert

Detail of Jurassic chert
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
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General characteristics

(In part adapted from Svoboda 1984 and Name year) 
 

Geographical setting: View of Stranska Skala
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2001
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Material and colour: Chert embedded in hard limestone
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2001
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Other information: N/A
Knapping notes: N/A
Archaeological description: N/A

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Stránská Skála
Locality: Stránská Skála, Brno, Moravia, Czech Republic
Synonyms: N/A
Geographical description: WhereItIs
Geographical co-ordinates: Lat. 49° 11' 25" N
Long. 016° 40' 42" E
(Mapdatum WGS 84)
Co-ordinate precision: Precision
Other topographical information: HowToGetThere
Additional information: Exposure near top of hill
Foto: Rengert Elburg, 2001
  WhatYouSeeAbove
Visitors information: PlacesToEatAndDrink
Sampling information: N/A
  Small flake of chert
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Small flake of chert from exposure near the top
length 29 mm 		Piece of chert with coarser material
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Piece of chert with coarser material attached
size 58 mm
  Flake of opaque chert
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Flake of opaque chert
length 50 mm 		Flake of brownish material
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Flake of brownish material, surface find
length 51 mm
Sample description: N/A
  Freshly struck flake
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Freshly struck flake from surface material. 		Split nodule
Foto: Matthias Rummer, 2001
 
Split nodule, stray find at foot of hill.

 
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