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Virginia Quartzite Pieces
PeteDavis:
Nissly made me do it.
PD
caveman2533:
I am sorry. >:D Not!! Pete has made great strides and has assumed sort of tribal leader position among his hardrock peers.
Zuma:
I know it is late but I have to type it.
Scotsmen like Billy Wallace don't choose leadership.
It's genetic. :D
Zuma
Hunts with stone:
Quartzite in the sun! Possibly first sung by the Hellgate Davis clan somewhere in da hollar.😎
Hummingbird Point:
This is mostly a test to see if I have figured out to work things here. These examples are from Central Virginia but are representative of east coast quartzites in general. First is the "C" grade, tough, grainy and with hidden "knots" which are tough areas in the stone that are very hard to flake through. Lots of this grade was used simply because it is so common.
This is the "B" grade, usually finer grained, but not always. The real difference is that it flakes a bit easier and has less and/or smaller hidden "knots". This grade is somewhat common, maybe one piece in 5 or 10 and is generally what I look for.
This is the "A" grade. Not quite Hixton of Talahatta, but certainly behaves in a more "flint" like manner. Usually fine grained, flakes reasonably well and has no "konots" or very small ones. It is quite rare, and represents the occasional lucky find.
Okay, I think the pictures are a bit small...
Keith
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