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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: nclonghunter on September 06, 2015, 10:01:48 pm

Title: Ohio Chert
Post by: nclonghunter 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?
Thanks

Title: Re: Ohio Chert
Post by: nclonghunter 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.

Title: Re: Ohio Chert
Post by: mullet on September 06, 2015, 11:18:23 pm

It looks like Ft. Payne or a close variation of it.

Title: Re: Ohio Chert
Post by: JackCrafty 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.

Title: Re: Ohio Chert
Post by: nclonghunter 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.

Title: Re: Ohio Chert
Post by: Outbackbob48 on September 07, 2015, 10:14:26 am

They are all at the Ridge :o ;D Bob

Title: Re: Ohio Chert
Post by: nclonghunter on September 07, 2015, 04:23:24 pm

Good point Bob, wish I was.

Title: Re: Ohio Chert
Post by: Zuma on September 07, 2015, 05:45:43 pm

I bet tan Kanawha.
Zuma

Title: Re: Ohio Chert
Post by: caveman2533 on September 07, 2015, 06:19:30 pm

It looks like Deleware chert, but that comes from north of Colombia up to Lake Erie