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Offline nclonghunter

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Rhyolite
« on: February 09, 2014, 10:33:46 am »
Bryan Irwin and I assaulted a mountain and collected some gray and black Rhyolite Beast Rock. Time to start breaking some rock... :o
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Offline bowtarist

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Re: Rhyolite
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2014, 10:54:23 am »
I watched James Parker break a big chunk of the green up into a huge biface w/ just a dogwood billet at the Classic a couple years ago. Totally impressive! Nice haul, but I bet your knapping tools are shaking w/ terror.  ;D
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Offline Zuma

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Re: Rhyolite
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2014, 12:21:21 pm »
Where is my popcorn? Can't wait to see some splinters and hear your oh, craps.
Or adulates. Nice haul.
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Offline nclonghunter

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Re: Rhyolite
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2014, 03:31:01 pm »
LOL....just spent an hour or so trying to beat out a good biface, that ended with a pile of rubble. The Beast bested me today.

Enjoy your popcorn.. :D
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Offline TRACY

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Re: Rhyolite
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2014, 06:03:03 pm »
Get the dogwood bat out! Steve Parker made a nice point at the Classic one year out of that green stuff but he lost some skin and blood in the process. Good luck and eat your wheaties ;D

Tracy
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Offline bryan irwin

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Re: Rhyolite
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2014, 08:42:43 pm »
I got some biface out of the green still working on the black going back to get that hundred pound boulder
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Offline caveman2533

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Re: Rhyolite
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2014, 09:58:53 pm »
Looks like the darker colored stuff is good stuff. the lighter grey looks like leaverite.  I am jealous.
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Offline Outbackbob48

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Re: Rhyolite
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2014, 10:12:56 pm »
Man Rock, not fit  for ole men :(
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Offline Zuma

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Re: Rhyolite
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2014, 01:31:45 pm »
Some of what I found out in an earlier thread---
Helps to recognize the grain (flow?) It does not always go straight and is susceptible to 180's.
The flow also seems to have a (lap) component. Smooth flake from one side of the bi face chatter from the opposite side. Sort of like banded agate. Also I found flakes to actually hump over the more white veins. Very tough (the white). I can be rewarding though when you get yourself a keeper.
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Re: Rhyolite
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2014, 06:37:13 pm »
Quote from: TRACY on February 09, 2014, 06:03:03 pm
Get the dogwood bat out! Steve Parker made a nice point at the Classic one year out of that green stuff but he lost some skin and blood in the process. Good luck and eat your wheaties ;D

Tracy

And the green is the easy stuff. I've got permanent bruises from the black porphyritic stuff. :)

Nice haul of man rock! Bryan, I gotta get back down that way and get some more of that soon.
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Offline nclonghunter

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Re: Rhyolite
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2014, 08:56:36 pm »
Hillbilly, Bryan said you would like to have some of that rock...Got a big boulder of that grey stuff just waiting for someone to pack it out.
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