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Am I just making Gravel?
tward1604:
I have watched weeks worth of youtube videos and "think" i have a decent grasp of the terminology. And the only treatment this rock has had is 9 days straight in north Fort Worth where we've been over 100 degrees (106 on Thursday). I don"t have a way to cook rock so it might be best to set this aside until I can get it hot. I did make that flake. I've been watching videos trying to figure out the process from rock to flake.
Should I buy some treated chert or obsidian to get going with?
Chippintuff:
Any scrap glass makes perfect learning material. I have used a lot of pieces of broken mirror and a few bottoms from bottles.
WA
le0n:
i don't see anything wrong with practicing with it though.
it looks like you're getting some pretty decent spalls.
if they were free, i'd keep doing what you're doing to get a feel for that rock.
i'd pick those two larger ones on the bottom and go at them with the hammerstones.
tward1604:
I have been breaking glass left and right. Just have trouble getting the bottle bottoms flat. I will break more glass no doubt. The bigger pieces on the bottom are being saved where as some of the smaller stuff there is just that, small. It's probably pure inexperience but with this rock I'm not getting any flakes that are longer that 1/8th inch give or take. Even still its a blast!
le0n:
i also meant to say that the rock looks rather promising.
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