Artifact or Just Cool Quartz ?

[Dismal Swampy]

Evening
I found this in a creekbed back in the woods out in Wake county NC while metal detecting. A guy i work with who is a big arrowhead / artifacts collector said he thought it was either a preform or blade.
Would like 2nd opinion

 

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[The Lonely Explorer]

Artifact! I see pressure flaking on the edges. Hard to see with quartz though!

 

[GirlWithWolf]

I’m torn on which but leaning toward preform. But listen to the experts over me.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Looks like a rejected preform. The longitudinal crack would spell doom if it was worked farther. If it was perfect it would have been taken. It was there because it was reject and tossed. It’s a nice find and one of the largest quartz bifaces I’ve ever seen.

 

[RGINN]

Yeah I think it's worked and was rejected for some reason. And I think the guy who was working on this was thinkin 'Oh man, this is gonna look so cool when I get it done' and then crap, ran into a problem and gave up.