N.C. quartz

[GatorBoy]

I've been seeing a few quartz pieces. Thought I'd share mine.

 

[TRice]

The other white quartz is Quartzite. It's grainier than quartz and many Indians used it for tools. It is rebaked quartz (metamorphosed)or sand or anything made of Silica. Most of the tools found in the VA Piedmont are quartzite. Although there is plenty of quartz and Jasper tools as well.

 

[GatorBoy]

Don't forget rhyolite.

 

[TRice]

That'd be Rhyolite, essentially a very fine grained, quartz rich mixture of many minerals. Most obsidian is actually rhyolite. And all of it mostly silica. The clearer points you have in the photos, look to be quartz, likely made out of quartz crystal and they're really nice!

 

[GatorBoy]

Dude I'm at work on on a mobile phone I know how to spell. Welcome ...
Thanks... rhyolite is a product of volcanic outflow..as is obsidian. Wikipedia can tell anyone much more if they want. Again...thanks.

 

[FriscoT06]

Wow love the first pic in your second post, very nice. That is a beautiful assortment, never seen so much quartz!

 

[GatorBoy]

Thanks

 

[timekiller]

Here's most of mine gator.............You got some nice ones buddy. Not all white but all quartz.
Take Care,
Pete,

 

[GatorBoy]

Nice ones... I only picked the better ones I have. Its tough to come across real nice quartz examples.

 

[GatorBoy]

Here is one my friend Johnathan found

 

[Wildcat1750]

Nice quartz pieces. I never used to think much of them until I moved up to CT. That's mostly what we have around here and they show up nicely on the surface if you are lucky enough to find one.

 

[GatorBoy]

those are some beautiful quartz arrowheads Gator Boy. I have been admiring the pieces of your collection that you have been posting on here. You have a very nice assortment of indian artifacts. I just started hunting arrowheads last year and I have found a few nice pieces. My best one to date is a banded slate bar weight that I found in a creek bed on our property. That is my avatar

Thank you for your kind words. And I wish you the best of luck..and a merry Christmas.

 

[Pancake]

I love seeing all the quartz. Thanks for sharing.

 

[GatorBoy]

Nice quartz pieces. I never used to think much of them until I moved up to CT. That's mostly what we have around here and they show up nicely on the surface if you are lucky enough to find one.

Thanks... they are not the best material sometimes but meaningful finds for sure.

 

[GatorBoy]

I love seeing all the quartz. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for checkin them out.