Front yard find identity help

[sweetmimzim3]

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.

 

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[EccentricInTexas]

Appears to be a Grinding Stone.

 

[rock]

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

 

[sweetmimzim3]

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

 

[rock]

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

 

[Jon Stewart]

mano

 

[sweetmimzim3]

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.

 

[sweetmimzim3]

It is more of an egg or oval shape than a circle.

 

[sweetmimzim3]

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.

 

[monsterrack]

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

 

[old digger]

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!)

 

[scotto]

Mano or a hammerstone. What state are you in?

 

[sweetmimzim3]

Webster County Missouri