Clovis, but what is it made of

[smokeythecat]

I posted this and would like some input as to what it is made of. I recently posted it. A recent find near the Ohio River near Wheeling, W. VA.

See the other thread for details. It may be light colored Flint Ridge, I'm not sure. I thought it was Burlington, but have never looked that far west.

Thanks for looking.

 

[joshuaream]

How's the translucency?

 

[smokeythecat]

It's not very translucent. Just a little on the edges.

 

[americanartifacts33]

pretty glossy but it may be burlington. Sweet clovis!

 

[smokeythecat]

Flint Ridge? It's kind of light for there, but the material runs from white to jet black. I don't know the midwest flints or southern stuff at all.

 

[Garscale]

I know it isn't likely but I mentioned on the other thread that it looks like heat treated novaculite. I'm guessing its just a super high grade localized material. I'm virtually certain it isn't Burlington.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

It could be Chalcedony.

 

[Zep11in]

Looks to be quality Avon Chert. I have found several pieces along the northeastern part of Kentucky...Beautiful point. CONGRATULATIONS

 

[smokeythecat]

I looked at the Novaculite and again, all these are similar. I'll take a look at the "Avon". It's a rock...I think I'm going digging tomorrow or Sunday. Thanks all for the input. Kentucky is not far as the river twists from where it came from, a couple hundred miles?

 

[Twitch]

It could be Burlington but the white Burlington is usually whiter and a little less blue, and generally not quite as glossy on the whites. To be that glossy and Burlington usually it is heat treated and usually when you heat treat Burlington there is more pink/red showing through. Not saying it’s not, but in a tray of Burlington I don’t think that material would look right. Not sure what it is.

and for what it’s worth I hunt the Burlington capital of the world, St Louis.

 

[smokeythecat]

Thanks again for the responses. I know the Ohio stuff was heat treated. Around here, I'm not sure. Lots of quartzite and argillite points as well as rhyolite were used near here. That's the most common materials here (200+ miles east of where the Clovis was found). Even my local Clovis is made of quartzite.

 

[flinthunter]

I hope it's some high grade chert. The glossy/waxy looks reminds me of heat treated stone and to the best of my knowledge paleo people did not use heat treat technology. You might consider sending it to someone like Jim Bennett for authentication. A good authenticator that is close to your area should be able to ID the lithic material.

 

[Garscale]

I hope it's some high grade chert. The glossy/waxy looks reminds me of heat treated stone and to the best of my knowledge paleo people did not use heat treat technology. You might consider sending it to someone like Jim Bennett for authentication. A good authenticator that is close to your area should be able to ID the lithic material.

Exactly my concern with novaculite. It looks exactly like heat treated novaculite. Not possible on a legitimate point and there is just no reason it would not be legit unless someone planted it to be found. That's highly unlikely. Gotta just be a material that looks like it.

 

[dirstscratcher]

Reminds me of milk glass. Nothing I recall seeing resembles that material in Ohio.

 

[uniface]

If it's material from in or around Ohio, Brian Williard (Insight Laser) would be able to ID it conclusively.

FWIW

 

[newnan man]

Not far from Flint Ridge to there, why don't you think it's FR? Big variety with FR.

 

[smokeythecat]

Newman man, I just don't know my flints and cherts. I know what we get here. Quartz, argillite and rhyolite, those are the big three. Quarts is the sugar opaque type. Some black Delaware River chert/flint and some PA Verz Cruz Jasper with a rare piece of Flint Ridge thrown in.

My "new" site, where I was today has only 1 kind and I did get 1 flake of Flint Ridge.

Where the Clovis came from didn't like me very well...just flakes, including some Flint Ridge flakes and local gray PA flakes.

 

[antmike915]

Newman man, I just don't know my flints and cherts. I know what we get here. Quartz, argillite and rhyolite, those are the big three. Quarts is the sugar opaque type. Some black Delaware River chert/flint and some PA Verz Cruz Jasper with a rare piece of Flint Ridge thrown in.

My "new" site, where I was today has only 1 kind and I did get 1 flake of Flint Ridge.

Where the Clovis came from didn't like me very well...just flakes, including some Flint Ridge flakes and local gray PA flakes.

Liked you enough to hand over a clovis, awesome find.

 

[MAMucker]

Stunner! Congratulations.

 

[monsterrack]

Just my take on this I can tell with100% accurate knowledge from 30 years of mining and heating Novaculite that point is not Novaculite.