Tool Rock

[DanielFrew]

Came across this rock today among a bunch of chips. Looks like a tool to me. The bottom has a dip chipped into it and one end is rough.

 

[Perico]

Florida find!

 

[stefen]

Need something to keep the St. Augustine under control...

 

[DanielFrew]

Sorry! Yell County Arkansas find

 

[Charl]

Kinda tough to tell from your photos. If it has a smooth skin, but there are patches where that skin looks battered, and as a result, has a rough texture, rather then the smooth texture elsewhere, then it's likely a hammerstone, since you said you found lithic flakes associated with it. Your photos are just enough out of focus to make it tough knowing if those bright areas are battered patches.

 

[NCPeaches]

An insitu pic would have been nice with flakes or even a pic of the flakes would help with ID I think.

 

[DanielFrew]

It's most likely a hammer stone. It is completely smooth except for the depression on the bottom and the and the one rough end.

 

[Mark Todd]

Looks like a multi- use tool to me. A natural stone that was used for hammering (the rough end) and as a working surface (the flat side with roundish divot worn into it).
The depressions are sometimes hard to illustrate in a picture, wetting the depression before taking the pic. usually helps.

 

[DanielFrew]

Need to get some pictures in the light. The cell phone flash made the stone shiny.

 

[RGINN]

Nice rock.

 

[reptwar1]

Came across this rock today among a bunch of chips. Looks like a tool to me. The bottom has a dip chipped into it and one end is rough.

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How heavy is it? Appears to be mineralized

 

[yakker]

wow... resurrected from 2 years ago......