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can cooking hornstone improve knappability?

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beartail:
maybe it is something other than horstone. it looks like it would be easy to work but it is almost as hard as rhyolite to me! im gonna attempt to post a pic
https://scontent-atl1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/s526x395/10252182_1037445189623958_144710169888727549_n.jpg?oh=8154ac15c58b9e9810140e2d533a7d0c&oe=55E6E9F0

beartail:
that's it yall. maby some one can id it.

Chippintuff:
Here is the piece that I started chipping from this rock. The flake scars are nice, but my take on it is that it takes a lot of pressure to peel the flakes off. With an attitude adjustment, I was able to flake it, but of course I broke it in the middle.

beartail:
dang man! don't that make you sick? is some perty scars though! I wish it was a little easier to knapp.  should make for some good hunting points. should hold up good while tooning your arrows, wont break as easy? maybe some one will see that it aint horn stone and can be cooked. of course ya could just try a little piece and see if it improves it but that's a lot of energy wastin if it don't!

beartail:
hay,could it Georgetown? can ya cook Georgetown?

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