Glass saga 2020, 2 new bricks February 26

It is the brightly colored opaque import glass that is grabbing those guys Robin.
It just blends well with their bodacious spearheads and it casts into a material like pure flawless chert.
Some are being challenged flaking some of the colors like black glass a bit since it is one of the hardest glasses.
The masters are breezing thru it and find it exhilarating to work.
I used to tumble coral a lot, it is one of the most sought after napping materials because of it's flaking properties.
You can pull up a chair on a shoal in the Withlacoochee River and fill a bucket of fine tumbles chipping 10 pound coral heads in 20 minutes on a lap board with a 4 ounce hammer.
It is one of the few rivers with entire shoals made of chips from Native man. Source material for arrowheads and scrapers for a 100 mile radius.

Anyway, this rare and rejected pile of glass is probably the perfect toe hold for a great market with the nappers for years to come.
I figured the brick casts with 2 dozen colors would come apart. Not the case.
Just like tumbling, the quality of your tumbles are directly related to the quality of the rock in appearance and mechanical properties.
A perfect medium for a specific culture of folk artists. Like finding a large vein of brilliant fire opal as hard as agate.

Another fringe benefit will be a collection of points from some of the finest nappers in the world.

What is funny is how many requests I get for the well coordinated feminine colors Beth.
Pink is one of the most common requests.
Many are gun toting knife yielding ex military type folks. Plenty of hunter/commando types.
Many requesting the feminine color mixes that you gals have been coaching me on.

School colors a constant request.
Sure has been good turning the glass tumblers off.
Now I only tumble the colors and end cuts from point end cuts to add with their order.
Spearheads for Dad and pendants for Mom of matching material.

I was going to ask in a PM, but you sharing that photo made me glad I messed up! Thanks for sharing.

You can read about the caves in the "Pre-Phoenix" thread.

forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/78462/pre-phoenix









The accepted theory is they are wind blown caves in sandstone made over millions of years, but . . .

They are formed from two thick coats of mud over granite buttes.
The lower mud layer is purple and filled with chunks if granite and metamorphic rhyolite up to two feet in diameter.
The upper mud coat is iron red and filled with chunks of granite and metamorphic rhyolite up to 15 feet in diameter.

AND the material from the caves didn't blow away. It is all still there, hanging out of the caves.

Dang they are all beautiful!!

That is what we do - look for hidden faces.

Like it!  Keep posting the new spears as you get them.  I love seeing  how the different color combos actually end up looking after the knappers have had their way with them.