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Offline nclonghunter

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Ohio Chert
« on: September 06, 2015, 10:01:48 pm »
I located some south eastern chert in a creek bed. It is a kaki tan color after breaking the thin exterior brown cortex off. The cortex is paper thin. Anyone familiar with this rock and know if heat treating helps it?
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Offline nclonghunter

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Re: Ohio Chert
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2015, 10:11:01 pm »
The chert was located in the southeastern part of Ohio, near the Ohio River. It is a soft rock but will break pretty good.
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Re: Ohio Chert
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2015, 11:18:23 pm »
It looks like Ft. Payne or a close variation of it.
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Re: Ohio Chert
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2015, 11:35:10 pm »
If I were you, I'd throw it into a turkey roaster and check, just out of curiosity.  It's hard to know if it will cook from a picture.
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Re: Ohio Chert
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2015, 12:06:42 am »
I think that's what I'll do is heat treat it just to see. A plowed field near the creek has turned up broken points made from this rock. There is also some shinny better quality rock that is dark red and some white and red mixed that looks like flint ridge debitage.

Was hoping some Ohioians would be on here and know something about it.

Thanks for the replies.
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Offline Outbackbob48

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Re: Ohio Chert
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2015, 10:14:26 am »
They are all at the Ridge :o ;D Bob
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Offline nclonghunter

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Re: Ohio Chert
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2015, 04:23:24 pm »
Good point Bob, wish I was.
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Offline Zuma

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Re: Ohio Chert
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2015, 05:45:43 pm »
I bet tan Kanawha.
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Offline caveman2533

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Re: Ohio Chert
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2015, 06:19:30 pm »
It looks like Deleware chert, but that comes from north of Colombia up to Lake Erie
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