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Offline cowboy

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Re: Where do you get your rock?
« Reply #15 on: December 03, 2011, 11:05:51 am »
You hit the jackpot with Tracy! He'll not lead you astray :D ;).
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Offline footfootfoot

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Re: Where do you get your rock?
« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2011, 07:42:48 pm »
Hi all,
I'm in upstate NY about an hour and a half from Flint Hill Mine in Coxsackie. I'm also about 30 minutes from Stark's Knob, a pillow Basalt formation. I'm thinking of planning a field trip to FHM before the weather gets too gnarly, although I'm not sure how much is private land and whether I can collect there on what isn't private.

I was also wondering if Basalt is knappable. I've read somewhere that it is, although with great difficulty.

I am so far at the bottom of the learning curve, but I've already got at least a dozen small cuts on my hands, and a small pile of chips. I've been practicing with glass and will go to the dump to pick up some Johnstone.

Any other thoughts about finding rock on the NY/ VT border around Bennington would be greatly appreciated.
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Offline crooketarrow

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Re: Where do you get your rock?
« Reply #17 on: December 11, 2011, 11:20:45 am »
  Glass form old junk piles theres lots it's good cheap to learn with and IT WILL KILL A DEER. I ASURE YOU.
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