Post by Sabre52 on Oct 7, 2011 10:59:42 GMT -5
Howdy folks,
Was typing with Woody about some of the local flint. I had mentioned to him that my wife likes the odd nodules from the Edwards Black Flint deposits to decorate her garden. I was out gathering a fifty or so for her for a project the other day. This deposit is downhill from where I park and hauling these back is not as fun as collecting them. Average size is ten pounds or so and I've seen them so heavy I can't even lift them. They appear to have formed when silica filled water created voids in the limestone and all have smooth white skins as opposed to our local porcelain Flint that looks similar but have a much rougher exterior. This stuff was very popular with the Amerinds too.....Mel
Here's a pic of a couple of the lumpy nodules I brought back for the wife:
Was typing with Woody about some of the local flint. I had mentioned to him that my wife likes the odd nodules from the Edwards Black Flint deposits to decorate her garden. I was out gathering a fifty or so for her for a project the other day. This deposit is downhill from where I park and hauling these back is not as fun as collecting them. Average size is ten pounds or so and I've seen them so heavy I can't even lift them. They appear to have formed when silica filled water created voids in the limestone and all have smooth white skins as opposed to our local porcelain Flint that looks similar but have a much rougher exterior. This stuff was very popular with the Amerinds too.....Mel
Here's a pic of a couple of the lumpy nodules I brought back for the wife:
