1998年2月2日 · Missouri chert is usually white, gray or tan, but almost any color is possible, depending on chemical variations in the stone and the details of its formation. Certain colors have their own special names. Jasper, for example, is reddish, orange or yellow chert.

Mozarkite is a local name for pieces of colorful chert found in residual soils and talus derived from the Cotter Dolomite at many locations in central and southern Missouri. It is also found as pebbles and cobbles in streams that drain areas near the Cotter Dolomite.

Mozarkite is a colorful type of chert, or flint, native to Missouri, USA. Similar stones can be found all over the world but only those from Missouri are known as Mozarkite – a portmanteau derived from the words Missouri, Ozark, and the suffix ite, meaning rock.

2024年5月14日 · Mozarkite, Missouri’s state rock, is a type of chert that typically appears with brown and pink streaks of color. Rare varieties appear with soft blue, green, and orange streaks in addition to the brown and pink. Warsaw, Lincoln, and other areas in Benton County are excellent sites for Missouri mozarkite. 1.

The name of the Missouri state rock is mozarkite, a type of chert that is found in the area of Lincoln, Missouri. Mozarkite contains a multitude of colorful swirls and patterns, such as red, blue, brown, white, yellow, purple, orange, and green of all hues.

2022年4月18日 · Mozarkite is the common name for a specific variety of chert or jasper that’s found only in Missouri. It’s comprised primarily of microcrystalline silica combined with chalcedony. The structure of the stone makes it quite hard, …

2016年11月1日 · A Geologic Mystery Chert, prized by Native Americans but despised by many farmers, is one of Missouri’s most common rocks. It has all the characteristics which can make a stone both hated and hunted, coveted or cursed.

2023年3月27日 · Missouri is probably the best state in the U.S. to find chert specimens due to its abundance here. Missouri’s official state rock is Mozarkite from 1967, a type of chert rock. Let us begin by looking at the northeastern section of Missouri!

Meet Missouri’s State Rock Mozarkite, a beautiful marbled red, white, purple, pink, orange, yellow and tan form of chert, is abundant across the state. Literally translating to Missouri (Mo-) Ozarks...

Missouri chert is of a lower quality but was still very useful. Nearby major sources for chert were the Arrow Rock bluff and the Manitou Bluffs near Rocheport. Other small outcroppings of chert occur throughout the region.