hard stone cone

[dognose]

Nicely made granite hard stone cone; 1.25" high 1.5" diameter. you can see some mineralization in this photo and some area of exfoliation





I took this photo without flash so you can see the underside dimple. Some exfoliation can be seen here as well.



This is with the flash



A shot straight on the bottom of the cone, got some shadow from my noggin there.

 

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[quito]

Cool!

I have found a few of those up here, they are larger than yours tho.

 

[sandchip]

Killer.

 

[ghp95134]

What were they used for?

 

[quito]

Not sure their use, but mine are pretty darn smooth on the flat bottom side.


And only one is concave on the bottom.

 

[dognose]

I have no idea what the cones were for.

I dont think the 'experts' have a definite use for them, only conjecture at this point but I would like to know.

I have 4 cones, this one, a slate cone, two quartz cones. all interesting and all an enigma in the true use.

 

[joshuaream]

Nice one!

 

[sandchip]

To be honest and it's only my opinion, it resembles an eggstone or bola more than a cone, but who knows? Great piece, regardless. The only cone that I have is made from the poll end of a celt, by grinding the break down flat for it to sit on.

 

[quito]

I wish the would have treated the poll end I found the way they did yours.

 

[sandchip]

Here's the one I was telling you about. The fresh spot in the first picture is where an earthmoving machine scraped it and all that caught my eye. After plucking it out, I started scraping with my digger and found the point about 2 inches away. Not saying they were associated with each other, but they sure were close.

 

[quito]

Nice!

Thanks for showing that piece!

Sounds like it was a productive hunt.