Flint samples for ToddsPoint

[Siwash]

To me, this looks like a hunk of flint from which smaller pieces, a fair number, were hacked, and not just the result of hard knocks here and there. Found in a stream bed at a geological level where flint nodules should be expected to be found.

another shot of the same, different angle:




A second flint chip found around the same area:




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[H.P.]

Some beautiful rock, a point made out of it would be beautiful.

 

[ToddsPoint]

I don't recognize the first one as a type I usually find. It could be related to the grey/tan stuff I told you about. The second one looks like "mean white" that has iron staining and patina. To make useful tools, you need slightly bigger pieces that are nice and clean and crack free. I'll post some glacial nodules and points here later today. Gary

 

[ToddsPoint]

I'm putting pics of glacial till stuff on the knapping forum. Gary