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finding agatized coral.
turbo:
--- Quote from: AncientTech on August 23, 2015, 07:07:25 pm ---Hello Turbo,
Yes, Marty heat treated it. He also recommended that I heat treat it. But, I am trying to tackle raw cherts. So, I don't bother heat treating any rock, since I am working with really high power operations.
However, agatized coral needs thermal alteration, in my opinion. Also, chalcedonies, jaspers, and agates, should be heat treated as well, if they are not susceptible to normal flaking methods that produce conchoidal fractures. So, this stuff needs to "melted" a bit with heat.
Anyway, Turbo, since you are the first to ask, I will let you have "pick of the litter". I will post three or four batches in the "sale" area, for you. After you decide what you want, I can check on the shipping. And, then I will be able to send it off.
By the way, I live about a mile from where the Hombre del Templo remains were found. The river systems used to be dry caves, during the Ice Age. And, in some cases, people fell down into the chasms, that can be found in the ground of the Yucatan. After the Ice Age ended, the sea level rose, and flooded all of the caves with water. Today, there are thousands of miles of caves here, that used to be open air, but now are filled with water. And, whenever signs of human habitation are found, it means, that the people were there, during the Ice Age.
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Sounds great, I mostly work raw rock myself but am always game to get material from other countries. Very cool on the sites near you, underwater archaeology is the key to finding the missing puzzle pieces for the First American mystery.
AncientTech:
Turbo,
Here is a video clip I shot from the "Hombre del Templo" site. The site is actually underground, at the bottom of a deep pit of water. At the same site, is a small Mayan structure, that is built on a mound. And, there is an entrance under the mound, with something like a descending stairway. This video does not show the entrance into the water under the mound. But, it does show the structure and the other cenote, where one of the oldest skeletons in the Western Hemisphere was found. This site is less than a mile from my house.
https://youtu.be/UxBio3K2IMU
Also, here is one crude point made from raw agatized coral.
AncientTech:
Turbo,
I apologize. I could not get to the post office, to get the shipping prices, before they closed. I will try again tomorrow, after I go to Cancun.
This is a pretty amazing thread. We have agatized coral, a Marty Rueter point, a video of Mayan ruins, a video of one of the oldest early man sites in the western hemisphere, agatized coral for donation, submerged cave exploration, etc.
By the way, people from the museum attended the PaleoAmerican Odyssey conference, and presented some findings. In the absence of human habitation, during the archaic, it appears that certain species survived, in this area, past the end of the Ice Age, whereas the same species became extinct in most other areas. I think that the paleollama may be one such example that persisted past the end o f the Ice Age, in the Yucatan.
JoJoDapyro:
i would also be interested. Let me know on shipping cost as well!
AncientTech:
--- Quote from: beartail on August 19, 2015, 11:17:21 pm ---howdy yall. I was just wondering how hard is to find agatized coral in Florida? I would some day like to go there and pick e up some. I think its so beautyfull.it looks like its hard to spall so you can heat treat it but im Shure it can be done.is it anywhere in fla or only certain areas?
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Hello Beartail,
In Belize, agatized coral can be found in part of the CBZ (chert bearing zone). I believe it is found in the northern portion of the CBZ. As for where it is found in Florida, I have no idea.
This stuff is really hard to spall. It would need thermal alteration for further work, in most cases.
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