is this quartzite ?
is this quartzite ?and what step would is size of flake be in the process ?many of these were found at a spring along a old Indian trail old map calls it Indian spring
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hopefully someone in your area will provide more informed thoughts on the matter. that's clearly metamorphosed material but as to its chemical composition i don't know. the flakes look secondary but...
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thanks for your input i found lots of fakes but only other points from different material
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The platform is the surface of the edge which is struck to remove the flake. This is usually represented on the flake by the thickest edge which usually has near-right angles and in the case of...
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i don't have the piece it was taken from theses are dug from a work site at a spring and trail to the quarry site and there homemay be i can find two pieces that fit together
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Steve you don't need to find any other pieces, the details will be on the flakes themselves. Here are a couple of pictures of quartzite flakes to better show what we are looking for:These are propped...
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These platformed removal flakes are quartzite, from a broadspear manufactory in VA
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