chert

Hey guys, I’ve been trying to learn different rock types because I believe it’ll help me identify Native American artifacts out in the field. Is this a piece of chert? It looks like some examples I’ve seen online. It is really hard and I can’t scratch it with a steel nail.

Back at it again in Greenbrier Co, West Virginia! Possibly a Jack's Reef made out of Laurel Run (Wythe Co, Va) chert?? Reply with your thoughts

Hi everyone - is this a large chunk of chert? Outside natural surface has orange and worn smooth - found in coastal Brunswick County NC. Possibly large cleaves for tooling? Might post in artifact forum based on response. Thank you!

Any chance this is chert? Maybe a broken point? It looks like it has been worked on one side, but it feels very lightweight. It's hard to see in the pics, but one edge appears to be serrated. Found in a creek in northwest Florida.

Hello! This is my first post here. So recently I was helping my mother buy a used RV from a resale lot somewhere on the Georgia/Tennessee state line. We'd been to so many places that day I honestly can't remember everywhere we went I can't remember the name of the place I got these rocks but...

I have an excursion planned for Kent County, The Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos. Anyone familiar with that region? Would appreciate any help.

I found this in a creek in southern Indiana. I feel like it could be something interesting but it could be natural. I think it is chert or Indiana horn stone. This area has this stone in abundance. I find the hole curious. Thanks for any input!

Hello everyone. I have found a rock while looking for indian chert in a field that seems to be chock full of indian artifacts. literally everywhere you dig there is pottery flint paleo aarowhead fragments and a lot of failed tools. So far i have identified the rock as a Conglomerate of some...