Two flakes and one shard 1-26-14

[NCPeaches]

Found these this weekend in some sand under a tree trunk in the creek. I thought the shard was some of that rock that fakes like it's a shard and didn't realize until I washed it that it was a shard. Does anyone know what type of stone the flakes are? The gray one has black stripes running through it.

 

[old digger]

Your two bottom pieces look like flaking cast-offs, and the one on top doesn't look like it has any familiar working but I may be wrong.

 

[painterx7]

Idk what kind of material I'm not good at material ID but it sure is pretty

 

[NCPeaches]

Your two bottom pieces look like flaking cast-offs, and the one on top doesn't look like it has any familiar working but I may be wrong.

Thanks old digger and that's what I was thinking about the flakes, being cast offs...now if I could just find what they were cast off of. The top one is a pottery shard, which I found a lot of them in my creek.

 

[NCPeaches]

Idk what kind of material I'm not good at material ID but it sure is pretty

painterx7, the gray one was so pretty underwater and I knew it was different, it was sort of iridescent and I know there's something special made from that stone somewhere out there in creek land lol

 

[painterx7]

I bet your right and a point made from that stuff would b killer

 

[rock]

Quartzite flakes. Quartzite comes in many colors. Some call it sugar quartz due to it looking like it is grainy. Getting closer

 

[curious kat]

...congrats Peaches...those are pretty! The shard looks "peach" colored...nice! Hope you're keep warm in that strange weather that's been down your way & keep safe if you have to be out in it as well!

 

[monsterrack]

You are doing good ,if you are finding these in a real sandy creek, try making a shifter and going thru some of the sand. I have a site that is on a lake edge, it's real sandy. You can sift sometimes for an hour and then a bird point will show up, never found anything larger than a bird point But sand is real easy to go thru. Nice finds one day you are going to hit the jackpot.HH