For The Love Of Rock

[Neanderthal]

I usually practice catch n' release with scrapers and other tools, but I couldn't bring myself to toss this scraper. I found it a few days ago, the material was insta-schwing.

This duckbill end-scraper is made of Cotter Dolomite, which outcrops not too far from here. Pretty stuff, but you don't find a lot of artifacts made from it. Even though Cotter outcrops occur all of the way from NE OK to southern ILL, you won't find prettier varieties than occur here in the southwestern fringe of the Ozarks. The problem is that the stuff is very weathered (especially on the surface), fractured and too volatile to make anything of size with. When you can find nodules of it embedded in limestone it's much more robust and knapper-friendly, but it's not as common.

 

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[bsit1361]

Beautiful. Amazing rock

 

[birdpointgriswold]

Hands down the sweetest looking msterial I've ever seen! Very very cool! Thanks for sharing!

Johnathan Griswold

 

[old digger]

Very Nice!

 

[natchitoches]

Beautiful

 

[tomclark]

Stunning material and excellent piece! I like tools like that more than most points.

 

[larson1951]

very very pretty piece

 

[tncreeker]

WOW!! That is stunning!!

 

[okie jack]

I live in north east Oklahoma on a mountain of limestone . You thin I could find some of that stuff around here? I live in locust grove right in the mouth of the ozarks.

 

[RGINN]

That is just too cool, Neanderthal. Great find.

 

[Neanderthal]

I live in north east Oklahoma on a mountain of limestone . You thin I could find some of that stuff around here? I live in locust grove right in the mouth of the ozarks.

Very possible. I'm 15 miles to your east. I live in the Kenwood Indian reserve.

 

[okie jack]

Very possible. I'm 15 miles to your east. I live in the Kenwood Indian reserve.

Wait a minute your name seems familiar .This maybe a weird question but did I get a ferret from you . Spaz

 

[Neanderthal]

Wait a minute your name seems familiar .This maybe a weird question but did I get a ferret from you . Spaz

You did, how's Spaz doing?

 

[RCarson]

I camp on Lake Eucha a lot. I've been trying to find any info on the are that I can. Would you guys be willing give any info to a new guy? I found an ax head there last weekend. I will post pictures if you are interested in seeing it.

 

[River Rat]

Oh my, the stunning colors. I would love to find one that colorful.

Okie Jack & Neanderthal, what a small world!

 

[okie jack]

He is doing fine he has a mate . A female albino she is def so spaz is kinda like her ears if he hears something going on then he will go nudge her and wake her up . They are both spoiled to canned cat food and both fat as ticks . We built a huge cage for them at my mother in laws they are like there kids . It worked out ten times better for spaz over there because they are retired and have a lot more time to spend with them than we did .

 

[naturegirl]

that is beautiful!!!!!

 

[buckshot]

WOW! Great Colors! Nice find!!!

 

[leprechaun]

Beautifuly colored scraper, great find.

 

[archer66]

Very pretty material.