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Offline carpenter374

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Re: flaking
« Reply #15 on: April 16, 2008, 11:09:54 am »
there are scattered outcroppings of alibates here in western ok too. thats what i have.
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Re: flaking
« Reply #16 on: April 16, 2008, 12:48:39 pm »
Dolomite is pretty variable, and the normal stuff isn't knappable. I find this silicious dolomite/limestone in eastern TN that's somewhat knappable. It's not like good flint, but you can make some rough, crude points and stuff from it.



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Re: flaking
« Reply #17 on: April 17, 2008, 12:53:41 am »
yeah that looks a lot harder than this Chalk We have here...almost looks like Novaculite...
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