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Offline Outbackbob48

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Help Rock ID
« on: March 10, 2010, 01:11:22 pm »
I just got a rock from a friend that hikes out west. I took a spall off one corner an man is this stuff hard. Colors are a blueish green grey an dull black, This rock was picked up in Utah, an its hard hard hard :o  I believe it will knap but I may have change up my tools a bit. Any ideas or help greatly appreciated. I got an idea as to what it is but I'll wait on some western input. Thanks Again Bob

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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Re: Help Rock ID
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2010, 01:28:07 pm »
I will take first crack at it.  looks similar to the basalt we have here in MT.   so thats my guess. Utah Basalt
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Re: Help Rock ID
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2010, 01:40:47 pm »
fine grained basalt?
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Re: Help Rock ID
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2010, 02:25:09 pm »
prairie agate ??

if you go here these guys can tell what anything is;
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Re: Help Rock ID
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2010, 04:05:33 pm »
 I'd say crappy Basalt or crappy jasper.
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Re: Help Rock ID
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2010, 04:35:05 pm »
Why do you say crappy agate ??

Im not being sarcastic, I used to do quite a bit of rock tumbling and any agate would always polish great.....I know nothing about knaping
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Re: Help Rock ID
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2010, 05:28:30 pm »
Looks like some kind of metabasalt. The greenstone/metabasalt stuff in Virginia that they make the peck-and-grind axes out of looks similar to that, and it'll flake with wood.
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Offline DanaM

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Re: Help Rock ID
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2010, 06:09:03 pm »
Looks like fun to me, happy knapping eh :)
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Re: Help Rock ID
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2010, 06:18:17 pm »
I would go with a anchor weight ;D
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Offline Outbackbob48

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Re: Help Rock ID
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2010, 06:44:41 pm »
Brian , I'm going to have to go with yours. I took a potato sized hammer stone an gave it a heck of a wack an my wrist, elbow an fillings are still rattling. I thought it was some kind of ryolite but don,t know if they have it in Utah. I got a pc of reddish ryolite that was from NM. or Ariz. an it's pretty hard an I've hit a few pcs from North Carolina. HillBilly will a pc of english box elder work for a billet on this hard stuff? Maybe an ole fart like me should just trade it off to some youngster thats all musculed up an don't know anybetter ;D or I could just go fishin >:D Thanks for all your help with this specimen. Bob
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Re: Help Rock ID
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2010, 07:24:00 pm »
i like tough materials

but to me that looks like leaverite
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Re: Help Rock ID
« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2010, 09:00:03 pm »
 PD, didn't say, Crappy agate. I said crappy basalt or crappy jasper. Or as Claude VanOrder used to call it, Leaverite.
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Re: Help Rock ID
« Reply #12 on: March 10, 2010, 09:28:06 pm »
Im just curious , can you knap agate and jasper ??

I know both are very hard compared to obsidian
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Re: Help Rock ID
« Reply #13 on: March 10, 2010, 09:30:35 pm »
Quote from: Pdwight on March 10, 2010, 09:28:06 pm
Im just curious , can you knap agate and jasper ??

I know both are very hard compared to obsidian

yup
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Re: Help Rock ID
« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2010, 09:35:28 pm »
  Looking at it more, it's probally Gneiss, even crappier Basalt. ;D
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