Check out the odd material this one is made of

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Well, the shape of the arrowhead is not what is odd but the material that's it's made of is odd looking if you look real close at it. I found these while I was metal detecting. Oh, I had my best day ever with the detector. I found 3 gold rings right next to each other. The best one is a 1/4 carat engagement ring. The jewler said it would retail for $1200.00.

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Here's the close-ups of the arrowhead. What do you all think about that?

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Thanks for looking.

DANGLANGLEY
 

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I have one somewhere made of that same material. Until now it was the only one I had ever seen. I am pretty sure it is some type of
quartzite. I will look for mine this weekend and post a pic. Very unique material. What area did it come from?
Congrats on the ring. That could be a new detector.
Randy
 
Afternoon,

We have stuff here that looks similar....I agree with RPG...some type of quartzite....or here we would call its silicified sandstone of one degree or another. Pretty stuff, though the points made from it are usually kind of crude and thick as it doesnt chip well.

Happy hunting,

Atlantis
 
This material is fascinating...I have looked at quartzite under magnification and it does resemble these granules but these seem to have a dot or opening on each one, could this be some kind of fossilized material? Kind of reminds me of slabbed walrus ivory. Does anyone know for sure what the make up of this material is? Curious :icon_study:
 
Atlantis0077 said:
Pretty stuff, though the points made from it are usually kind of crude and thick as it doesnt chip well.
Atlantis

It sure is crudely made. It has layers in it and looks like it could fall apart at any time.

DANGLANGLEY
 
maybe it was a quartzite that was fire heated, or cooked in some game, and almost exploded? nice piece of stone, never seen anything like it.
 
i'm not sure myyself. fossilized what?resembles palmwood but its not.
 
:icon_study: Nearest match to this stuff is petrified Palm Wood, the color is right and has the circles with the dots. Look under Wikipedia Palmoxylon. There are over 200 different species of this wood with varying degrees of the circles. Need to get a piece of this stuff.
 
plehbah said:
The "oolitic" camp is correct. The southwestern portion of Wyoming has this material in abundance, but there is likely other locales where it is in existence.

Materials also travel through natural geologic processes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oolite

Thanks for the link. Interesting stuff there. This has to be the oddest arrowhead I've ever found.

DANGLANGLEY
 
:icon_study:That`s what I like about this forum, there is always someone to learn from. I now know what oolitic chert is and I have a better idea about the differences between it and petrified palm wood. Interesting thread.
 

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