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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: wvbowhntr on May 10, 2011, 08:48:27 pm

Title: rock run today, thank you nclonghunter
Post by: wvbowhntr on May 10, 2011, 08:48:27 pm

went today and got some more kanawha black thanks to some help from nclonghunter.  It is better quality than what i had been getting maybe i can make something out of this.  It still has some freeze fractures but I think there is enough clear rock to make quite a few points & blades or at least a load of gravel ;D Ill be packing some up & sending it to nclonghunter.
(http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp346/wvbowhntr/flint002.jpg)
(http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp346/wvbowhntr/flint001.jpg)

Title: Re: rock run today, thank you nclonghunter
Post by: bryan irwin on May 10, 2011, 10:38:31 pm

cool looking rock been talking to lyman about coming up and getting some of it how dose it knapp.

Title: Re: rock run today, thank you nclonghunter
Post by: wvbowhntr on May 10, 2011, 10:47:52 pm

Im still learning but this stuff is pretty tough Lyman says it is alot like rhoylite

Title: Re: rock run today, thank you nclonghunter
Post by: nclonghunter on May 11, 2011, 10:40:17 am

Glad you made a haul. Good thing you got it when you did, my guess is the creek is pretty high and fast right now..

Title: Re: rock run today, thank you nclonghunter
Post by: JustinNC on May 11, 2011, 10:49:24 am

I'll take 25lbs  ;).....


Seriously, Looks like good, fun, TOUGH rock to hit. If we ever meet on common ground, we'll compare rocks and find out who's is tougher :D

Title: Re: rock run today, thank you nclonghunter
Post by: Tower on May 11, 2011, 07:27:10 pm

I've found some rock alot like that here in tx. I'm not sure what it is. I think it comes from a large shale deposit on the river because the colors are the same. I could be wrong . What type of formation is Rhoylite from?This is found in large tabs & boulders. Sometimes it is is so fine grained it is almost like novaculite, but it is hard to get it from the cortex. The cortex is about 3/4" thick on the fine stuff with the good material only about 5/8 thick.



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Title: Re: rock run today, thank you nclonghunter
Post by: bryan irwin on May 11, 2011, 07:52:28 pm

ryolite is found in the slate belt here

Title: Re: rock run today, thank you nclonghunter
Post by: Tower on May 11, 2011, 08:20:55 pm

Arn't shale & slate similar?

Title: Re: rock run today, thank you nclonghunter
Post by: wvbowhntr on May 11, 2011, 10:28:38 pm

the kanawha black flint lies under the slate and above the coal seam.  In some setions it is up to 3ft thick blocks and in others the layers are 3 inches thick and 5 to 12 inhes long and look like brick. it is only found along the Kanawha and Elk rivers and surrounding valleys in WV.