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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: sleek on October 15, 2016, 02:49:55 am

Title: Id this rock?
Post by: sleek on October 15, 2016, 02:49:55 am

I kept a piece from last year because it chipped so well. I have no clue what it is, but it looks really cool. Found it in a rock garden at school in tulsa oklahoma area.

Title: Re: Id this rock?
Post by: sleek on October 15, 2016, 02:50:18 am

(http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i411/rocketernally/20161014_235441_zps9bqmokl6.jpg) (http://s1092.photobucket.com/user/rocketernally/media/20161014_235441_zps9bqmokl6.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Id this rock?
Post by: bjrogg on October 16, 2016, 05:29:02 am

Sleek I'm not a rock ID expert but that looks a lot like stuff I find on our windmill roads. Sometimes it will have slick black stuff right next to it. I've been trying without any luck to get to quarry and find some stuff before it goes through crusher. It seems very nice quality and nice color.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: Id this rock?
Post by: gutpile on October 18, 2016, 02:22:21 pm

looks like the gray kay county chert... Oklahoma?

Title: Re: Id this rock?
Post by: JonW on October 20, 2016, 10:59:39 pm

Not Kay county (florence A). Probably florence C.

Title: Re: Id this rock?
Post by: gutpile on October 24, 2016, 03:42:30 pm

Had a guy from Oklahoma send me a batch of this stuff ..Identical to pic..he claims it is gray kay county...isn't florence county aka kay county?...just asking... stuff knapped better than the pink ...but it was cooked...gut

Title: Re: Id this rock?
Post by: sleek on October 24, 2016, 04:10:35 pm

Id sure like more of it if you have a source? I didnt cook it, just worked it raw.

Title: Re: Id this rock?
Post by: gutpile on October 31, 2016, 11:27:51 am

sorry I dont

Title: Re: Id this rock?
Post by: JonW on November 09, 2016, 06:18:10 pm

Kay county is florence type A. Florence type C  can be found close geographically to type A. Some type C can knap rather well. There are I believe, A B C and D types of florence. Type A is generally found in Kay county in Oklahoma thus the name "Kay county chert".There is a type of florence A that is yellow in color that rivals all types IMO. Kevin I think I have some left I'll try to find it and set it aside for you.