what have i got here?

unclemac · Apr 29, 2017

a friend of mine found this the other day...i figure it is some sort of hafted hide scraper, what do you guys think? and those circular pits are pretty curious too...the end is damaged but I think the shape is intact. this was a PNW coast find.

bookummdano · Apr 29, 2017

The holes appear to be "fire pops". That is nice material!

The Grim Reaper · Apr 29, 2017

I agree, the circular spots are fire pops so it has seen some significant heat. Does look a Tool of some type.

theviking · Apr 30, 2017

Fire pops for sure, extreme heat can also cause larger fractures like whats seen at the tip. Cool piece.

tamrock · Apr 30, 2017

It is obsidian which was widely used in the region you found it. I found a partial point made of this volcanic glass along the a dirt road that runs from Midus to Tuscarora in Nevada. Here's a link on the sources black obsidian that's found in the NW Obsidian Source Maps: United States I don't know about the divots in your specimen, but many pieces of natural obsidian will have gas bubbles in it when it was formed also.

unclemac · Apr 30, 2017

not obsidian, it is a sort of black jasper material...but the name escapes me at the moment....funny how that works...i will probably remember it in my sleep tonight.

coosakid · Apr 30, 2017

Ever heard of apache tears.... Dont know the difference between that and obsidian, not much of that material in Alabama... Or that I can find anyways

unclemac · Apr 30, 2017

...dacite! that's it..i knew it would come to me...

tamrock · Apr 30, 2017

unclemac said:
...dacite! that's it..i knew it would come to me...

Still looks like obsidian to me. Guess I'd need to see it first hand.

tamrock · Apr 30, 2017

Never mind, I'm with ya now.
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Jon Stewart · Apr 30, 2017

Kind of looks like a form of snowflake obsidian but both dacite and obsidian comes from the PNW. Maybe it is snowflake dacite? But I have never seen or heard of that.