My one blue pt

[Missouri Breaks]

Based on the materials imported to and naturally occurring in the area, I’m leaning toward chert or bluish jasper. Putting it out there...

 

[uniface]

That one would make my day !

 

[Relicgrubber]

Nice steep bevels with teeth on that one!

 

[Tdog]

It is chert IMO. My understanding is jasper is a type of chert as well. That crazy bevel on one side--looks like a fracture created that bevel and was "fixed" or touched up with serrations. It is not beveled on the other side on either face. It also doesn't appear to be knapped at all along the start / top of the bevel at the face. Nice unique piece.

 

[Tpmetal]

beautiful

 

[newnan man]

Nice point, I like the serrations.

 

[Tony in SC]

Nice point!! Unusual!!

 

[Missouri Breaks]

The absence of knapping on parts of points and other pieces is common with this particular site. They had no problem fully working anything but I’ve found numerous ones with natural elements left in tact as if they liked it that way or it served no purpose to work it down. It’s always seemed to me to be in the chalcedony family.. just really nice chert, but I wonder if it’s more exotic.

I’ve shown a couple examples which is nothing new to anyone here, where an area remains unworked. The point has that one side still with the original material surface and the scraper that’s possibly a blade has a lot left undone.

 

[uniface]

They took the easy way out the way we do. If it was good enough the way it was, they left it.

 

[Tdog]

Where are you? Where was the point found? Looks like obsidian in the subsequent pics.

 

[Garscale]

The blue point looks like Texas material. The others sure look like obsidian

 

[Missouri Breaks]

Nor Cal

 

[Tnmountains]

I know this picture does not show it well but the point is actually blue. Mine is a hornstone. I have seen Fort Payne chert that is also blue. Yours is a nice one. ( sorry about the hands been playing in the shop)

 

[Missouri Breaks]

Really nice!

 

[Missouri Breaks]

This is a cross section of rock hounding finds in the immediate area where I saw the point. Cherts, Jasper, Quartz, Agate, Basalt and Blueschist are some of the other materials. Still a few pieces that perplex me materials wise. Mostly they worked with obsidian by a long shot. Makes me love the little blue even more. Special.