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Offline JoJoDapyro

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Calcite
« on: August 21, 2014, 09:03:09 pm »
How knappable is Calcite?
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Re: Calcite
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2014, 09:28:51 pm »
It will knap, better though if it is heat treated. You see it a lot in Agatized Coral but never big enough to do a lot with it. I tried a small piece once to see if it would flake and it did. It is hard to find good stuff because of all of the layers. Calsite crystals are formed from repeated water flow, so it is layered. I would aste my time unless you have big pieces.
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Re: Calcite
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2014, 10:41:58 pm »
The location is about an hour from my front door. They call it Onyx Marble.
If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got.
27 inch draw, right handed. Bow building and Knapping.