Some more personal finds from PA

[Montgomery]

Here are some personal finds from PA, mostly Northampton County but a few from Perry and Huntington Counties as well.

 

[NCPeaches]

Those are great finds! What type stone is the red, it's real pretty?

 

[Montgomery]

Those are great finds! What type stone is the red, it's real pretty?

The red material is Reading Prong Jasper, possibly heat-treated.

 

[wvmountaindigger]

Wonderful finds!! Congratulations.

 

[Tony in SC]

Nice!! I like the dark ones, don't see many down here. Tony

 

[rock]

Nice past finds must be all field cause I don't see any creek stain. What Lithic are the black ones? I find some in that color but they are always broken. Ours is kinda grainy texture like Quartzite but a bit more grainy.

 

[Montgomery]

Nice past finds must be all field cause I don't see any creek stain. What Lithic are the black ones? I find some in that color but they are always broken. Ours is kinda grainy texture like Quartzite but a bit more grainy.

The lithic is a dark flint that grades into chalcedony. Some folks in my area of PA call it "basanite." It was quarried intensively in Northampton County, PA. You are right -- no creek stain -- I never seem to find any in creeks!

Kindest regards,

Monty

 

[pickaway]

That black looks like Gettysburg Rhyolite, the other red & yellow material vera cruz jasper? Great finds!