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Offline boo

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Is this quartz
« on: May 30, 2009, 02:10:51 am »
I think its quartz, i found it here in North Carolina. Also is this considered good rock?? Im as green horn as you can get to Knapping so bare with me please. I did manage to knock off some pieces that looks like its ok stuff. Thanks boo




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Offline DanaM

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Re: Is this quartz
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2009, 06:58:57 am »
Hhard to tell from the pictures but it does look like quartzite. Tough stuff to knap use wood billets and soft hammer stones.

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Re: Is this quartz
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2009, 09:03:15 am »
Yup boo, that's quartz in my book. Only place I ever found a big bunch of it was in Raleigh, NC. So I figure it's abbundant out there. I'm pretty spoiled with the rocks I have here but wouldn't hesitate to try that stuff if there was nothing else - some of these guys are actually good at it :).
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Re: Is this quartz
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2009, 09:49:59 am »
actually thats pretty nice quartz. if your green its gonna be a tough rock to work. i know hillbilly and james are gonna drool when they see the pics ;D
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Re: Is this quartz
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2009, 03:48:17 pm »
Boo were did you find that? Is there moer? Lets go fill up your truck with the rest.
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Offline Woodland Roamer

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Re: Is this quartz
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2009, 08:42:18 pm »
Hey Boo, that's quartzite and kinda hard to tell from pics but it looks like some pretty decent stuff. I've found a lot of Savanah River points made out of stuff that looks similar to that. Can you bring some of that down if you come next week? I'd like to check it out.

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Re: Is this quartz
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2009, 09:41:12 pm »
Boo, it looks like it. Here's some more. When you see the stacks on this one point that ABO man did you won't feel so bad when you do it.

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Offline boo

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Re: Is this quartz
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2009, 12:04:24 am »
Hey Alan ill bring you some. The place i found this rock was littered with it. I only brought one back with me to try. The good news is, I lease the place to hunt and its only ten minutes from the house. Nugget , we will go down this week and see what we can get. I tried to make a point out of one of the flakes i had and almost had one knapped out until it broke in half. But after working it, with my limited experience, i think i can make a point out of this eventually . Thanks for everything, Boo
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Re: Is this quartz
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2009, 12:43:59 pm »
That looks like decent quartzite, Boo. Eddie, did you find those down there in gatorland? I find Savannah Rivers and Guilfords that look just like that up here. And aboman didn't care about stacks, he just cared about a sharp edge. :)
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Re: Is this quartz
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2009, 02:18:22 pm »
  Steve, most of these points along with some musket flints came from NC and Maryland.
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Re: Is this quartz
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2009, 05:49:15 pm »
Eddie
 Quartz looks crumbly is it? I'm not much of a knapper but it looks like a chalenge.Ronnie
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Re: Is this quartz
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2009, 08:19:56 pm »
 Ronnie, what little quartz I've played with is pretty sharp and tough. I've picked up some when I was at Chris' that was brittle and crumbly with freeze fractures. The yella stuff hillbilly has is nice.
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Re: Is this quartz
« Reply #12 on: June 02, 2009, 07:31:30 am »
Ron, it's anything but crumbly unless it's rotten or freeze-fractured. You gotta draw back above your head and whack it like you're trying to kill a snake to get a flake to pop off. :) Some of that waxy white stuff is as sharp or sharper than obsidian.
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Re: Is this quartz
« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2009, 07:48:41 am »
 Ronnie, that clear point I'm holding up to the sun is still very sharp after all the abuse it's been through.
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Offline TreyNC

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Re: Is this quartz
« Reply #14 on: June 04, 2009, 09:41:52 pm »
James told me what I had at my place is quartzite, I am going to bring a piece to nuggets Sat to see what it will do.

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