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Offline bubby

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first points not obsidion or glass
« on: February 14, 2011, 05:03:23 pm »
these points came out of a piece of rhiolite, put it in my gas grill to cook it, Bub
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Offline Bevan R.

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Re: first points not obsidion or glass
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2011, 05:05:54 pm »
Nice!! Thanks for posting. Really like the red(ish) one on the right. 8)

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Offline thomas h

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Re: first points not obsidion or glass
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2011, 05:51:07 pm »
bubby you  really  have some  great skills
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Offline JackCrafty

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Re: first points not obsidion or glass
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2011, 09:19:40 pm »
Very nice colors and a couple very fine points!  That rhyolite is tuff stuff.
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Offline cowboy

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Re: first points not obsidion or glass
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2011, 09:48:20 pm »
Man, that rhyolite seems to come in all kinds of colors - I thought it was all green ;D. Good lookin points there!
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Offline bubby

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Re: first points not obsidion or glass
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2011, 10:22:41 pm »
they told me it was rhyolite at the gem store, the white one seemed to flake pretty good but the other one was hard, same piece of rock, just wierd to me
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Offline sailordad

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Re: first points not obsidion or glass
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2011, 10:23:37 pm »
nice looking points
didnt know your could cook rhyolite

waht color was it before you grilled it?
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Offline bubby

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Re: first points not obsidion or glass
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2011, 08:15:14 am »
sailordad, I havn't been knappin long enough to know what ya can or can't do, I just tryed to flake it and it was hard to flake so I put the slabs in the grill on high for a couple of hours and pulled them out in the morning, color got a little darker with the red, white got creamy coloredand glossy when flaked, Bub
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Offline jamie

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Re: first points not obsidion or glass
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2011, 08:48:51 am »
very nice work bubby.
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Offline arappaho

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Re: first points not obsidion or glass
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2011, 02:33:35 am »
Pretty points, bubby. They look like they'd work great and
really nice for your first points!

Just want add 2 cents to help clarify,
There are hundreds of different types and ages of rhyolite around the world.
They don't all look or knap the same. Bubby's pieces pictured here are
most likely from the southwestern states, New Mexico, Arizona, etc.
The rhyolite in NC, for example, is completely different.

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Offline TRACY

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Re: first points not obsidion or glass
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2011, 10:08:20 pm »
Looks like you know what your doing to me. Nice points.

The red looks like that mexican rhyolite that mullet brought to the classic two years ago.

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