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Post by deb193redux on Aug 12, 2010 20:41:30 GMT -5
collected at Nethers in 2006 still have about 3-4 more slabs to take
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stoneviews
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Post by stoneviews on Aug 12, 2010 20:44:37 GMT -5
Thats some cool lookin Rock, it would make some awesome cabochons.
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snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Aug 12, 2010 20:46:54 GMT -5
Yep,that Ohio flint aint nothin' but purty.
snuffy
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 12, 2010 20:50:48 GMT -5
Wow! That's about as nice as that material gets! Great color and pattern......Mel
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Post by deb193redux on Aug 12, 2010 21:01:04 GMT -5
Mel, I have one or two better from that trip, but a little smaller rock. Still slabs come out about the same size. This is the cream of 80lbs that was decent.
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docharber
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Post by docharber on Aug 12, 2010 21:41:07 GMT -5
Gorgeous stuff- did you heat treat it or is it that nice out of the ground?
mark H.
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Post by deb193redux on Aug 12, 2010 21:59:29 GMT -5
Mark - I did not treat, but it could have been sun baked, or maybe even from an old Indian fire pit. There were lots of "workshops" a few feet down. Large 6 or 8 foot areas with many brittle chips. I heard they would heat and work the stone into double sided domed biskets before they packed it home to the camp where it was worked further into points. So maybe some rock buried there was heated at some point.
It is how I dug it, but I did not chip it off the bedrock. It was just in the soil they had excavated for us.
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Post by Toad on Aug 12, 2010 22:16:49 GMT -5
That last one is fantasitic
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Aug 14, 2010 10:31:05 GMT -5
Flippin Awesome Slabs! Love the oranges and blacks. Steve
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docharber
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Post by docharber on Aug 16, 2010 14:41:32 GMT -5
There was an article in Rock and Gem recently about knapping that remarked heat treating was done on this material to enhance the colors. Some of the workedpieces were unbelievable. I had never appreciated this stuff before I read the article and saw these pics- now I see what the excitement is about. ! I see how it could have been accidentally or intentionally heated intentionally as a preparatory measure for knapping by native Americans whio left it behind.
Mark H.
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