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HoBow:
I have a customer that makes solid glass preforms for the fiber optic industry.   Chemically, it is silicon tetrachloride but they call it glass and it looks like glass.   They have huge dumpsters of it that are broke during the process.  I am not a knapper, but would be interested to know if this stuff would work.   I do not really want to mail it as most of the pieces can be large or irregular shaped.   Would anyone in the Atlanta area be interested in meeting up and I will give them a few pieces.  Currently, they give it to a table top manufacturer that breaks it to pieces and lays the pieces flat for the "broken tile" look.   PM me if interested.   

bowtarist:
I bet it is knappable. I think that's the stuff guys knap w/ a respirator on though. dp

cowboy:
Deffinantly knappable! And can make some beautiful points and blades if your into glass.

mullet:
I've knapped some pretty points out of fibre optic. I wish I was close to you.

HoBow:
Thanks for the info guys. I did go grab a few pieces.   There are bins of these type of pieces. 

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