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Offline Jimbob

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Quartizite and Texas Chert
« on: April 10, 2012, 01:29:37 am »
The point on the left is from some material that Tower sent me (THANK YOU)!!!  The one on the right is some quartzite that I picked up out of the dirt road behind the house.  The quartzite was really tough but not as tough as I thought it would be.  I was kinda shocked to get anything that resembled a point.  I would have taken it further but it was getting late in the afternoon and I needed to get to sleep (working graveyard shift).   Let me know what yall think.
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Re: Quartizite and Texas Chert
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2012, 07:09:44 am »
Looking good JB! That quartzy stuff looks familiar. I found a bunch of that that had washed out of a lakeshore in SC. Tried knapping it but was not patient enough.
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Re: Quartizite and Texas Chert
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2012, 08:12:42 am »
Thanks Cowboy, it can be kinda brittle and tough all at the same time.  There are usually alot of fractures and inclusions in it.  I had a decent little piece going and hit it ever so lightly and it broke into three pieces.
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Offline maddog314

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Re: Quartizite and Texas Chert
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2012, 11:34:59 am »
That quartzite looks realy tough.. Good job on tough stuff...I wounder if the old timers used it because of how tough it is? Great job!
Micah
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« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2012, 01:17:21 pm »
Thanks!!
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Offline Bevan R.

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Re: Quartizite and Texas Chert
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2012, 02:11:40 pm »
Quote from: maddog314 on April 10, 2012, 11:34:59 am
That quartzite looks really tough.. Good job on tough stuff...I wounder if the old timers used it because of how tough it is? Great job!
Micah
There is actually a mine the NA's used in Wyoming, called 'Spanish Diggings'. They used to gather there and quarry quartzite. I got to go there once with a museum group. There were derb piles all over.
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Offline bryan irwin

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« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2012, 09:24:54 pm »
nice that quarts is all over the carolinas and i find a lot of points made from it the flakes are scary sharp.
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Re: Quartizite and Texas Chert
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2012, 12:49:25 am »

There is actually a mine the NA's used in Wyoming, called 'Spanish Diggings'. They used to gather there and quarry quartzite. I got to go there once with a museum group. There were derb piles all over.
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Thats interesting, do you have any pics???  Id like to see them if you do?

Quote from: bryan irwin on April 10, 2012, 09:24:54 pm
nice that quarts is all over the carolinas and i find a lot of points made from it the flakes are scary sharp.

Bryan, do you live in the Carolinas??  Where abouts?
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Offline Josh B

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Re: Quartizite and Texas Chert
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2012, 02:23:23 am »
Cool!  That quartzite does look challenging. Josh
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Offline bryan irwin

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« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2012, 09:08:34 pm »
jimbob i live about 1hour north of charlotte in mooresville
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« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2012, 10:34:30 pm »
Oh ok, cool.  I live near Fayetteville.
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Re: Quartizite and Texas Chert
« Reply #11 on: April 12, 2012, 12:09:36 am »
Hillbilly in NC has some excellent yellow quartz in the creek behind his house. I was suprised to see how easy it pressure flaked. I sure wish I coulds get some more. :P
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« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2012, 08:09:14 pm »
how much you wont eddie
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