Front yard find identity help

sweetmimzim3

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I found this in my yard this morning. It is very smooth on first picture and rougher everywhere else. It is very heavy for its size. artifactfrontyard3.jpgartifactfrontyard2.jpgartifactfrontyard.jpg
 

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Appears to be a Grinding Stone.
 

It appears to be a quartzite cobble that was used as a tool. Is there a dent on one side?
 

Not sure what you mean by dent, so I will add some more pics at different angles
 

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Looks like it was on its way to be a Discoidal. Some might disagree but we will see.
 

It does have seem to me to be an unfinished piece, all sides were worked but only one side was completely smooth. The other sides were only smooth here and there. I have found quite a bit of items in my yard. If this piece is unfinished then what is the likelyhood of finding a grinding bowl nearby? If this stone has a partner stone what would it look like? I live in Central Missouri, so Osage Indians.
 

Here are my old field finds that are a different shape. That's why I was asking about this new find, because of the different shape.
 

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Looks like a mano to me due to the grinding side being smooth and every other side being rough JMO Nice find:thumbsup:
 

It may be a mano, but due to the moderate use on the sides I am going to suggest that it was used as a hammer stone. jmo! (iima!)
 

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