Red_desert
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- Feb 21, 2008
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This is a stone from the area that once was owned by the Miami Indians. Later it was given over to the Potawatomi Indians. The history along what used to be called the Miami River, later called Elkhart River, goes back to primitive times. Where the river ends it flows around some land in a shape that resembled an Elk heart to the Indians. So, the town there got named Elkhart.
Over a decade ago, I traveled down to the Kokomo area to visit a museum, taking some of these peculiar stones with me. The curator of the museum who looked at them, told me they are effigy stones. And I listened to all he had to say about the rocks. One of the stones he turned over and pointed out to me some marking which he said a couple on the bottom side were ancient Runes. Of course I gladly donated these stones to the museum.
The 9th photo here, I got the stone wet so you can see the color. I had a sample of this type rock sent to an assayer in California, who does assays for gold mining companies there...so, the assayer was a reliable one. It assayed to be a type of Glaucophane which is commonly found in association with minerals like Jadeite in places such as some coastal ranges on the West coast United States, many places in Japan.
You see the carving here is identical to the shape of the stone, the shape pointed out to me by the museum curator as effigy. The end has an exposed area very abrasive, probably used to shape stuff, maybe out of wood. I am posting in this board because have just posted some in the Native American board and all the comments made said these are natural...nobody agreed with me...
Over a decade ago, I traveled down to the Kokomo area to visit a museum, taking some of these peculiar stones with me. The curator of the museum who looked at them, told me they are effigy stones. And I listened to all he had to say about the rocks. One of the stones he turned over and pointed out to me some marking which he said a couple on the bottom side were ancient Runes. Of course I gladly donated these stones to the museum.
The 9th photo here, I got the stone wet so you can see the color. I had a sample of this type rock sent to an assayer in California, who does assays for gold mining companies there...so, the assayer was a reliable one. It assayed to be a type of Glaucophane which is commonly found in association with minerals like Jadeite in places such as some coastal ranges on the West coast United States, many places in Japan.
You see the carving here is identical to the shape of the stone, the shape pointed out to me by the museum curator as effigy. The end has an exposed area very abrasive, probably used to shape stuff, maybe out of wood. I am posting in this board because have just posted some in the Native American board and all the comments made said these are natural...nobody agreed with me...
