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white quartz
cowboy:
I tried heat treating some stuff I found in the river - not as clear and clean as that point Hillbilly Steve is holding there, but some kind of quartzite I'm thinking (was purple). The heat made it knappable but still couldn't thin it like flint, hmm...
Sparrow:
Hillbilly,.. that is as nice a point as I've ever seen from white quartz.Most of the old native points were pretty crude.I have better luck making large pieces with it.There is a little known quarry down in montana where you can dig up quartz crystals(Clear) that knapp pretty good.Some of them are a foot long(Or longer) and several inches wide. I think some of the clear quartz clovis lithics that were found, came from this quarry. Frank
Hillbilly:
Thanks, Frank. This chunk knapped better than most quartz/quartzite-I'd like to have a truckload of this same stuff.
mullet:
Nice point Steve. There is a place down around Mount Pilot, at a Confederate Gold mine that I picked up some huge(12") long crystals.
jamie:
i like to use small river cobbles when knappin quartz. if ya stand it on end like an egg and hit hit straight down with a bigger rock itll give ya a good starting point for creating a head. still tough though. the stuff that is almost clear seemsa to work better than the white ive found. steve that is the nicest point ive ever seen peace
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