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vernonhess999@aol.com:
Has anyone worked Quartz fromNC Area?  I have found a few low quality artifacts from glassy textured  Quartz.  Some was almost clear and some the color of milk.  My few knapping attempts with Quartz did not work.

vernonhess999@aol.com:
This is probably not the right place for introduction — but hey from a new knapper in NC.

Parnell:
Hello,

Don’t really see that quartzite worked too much.  I’ve held a few artifacts, imagine it would be difficult to work with it being more grainy?

Welcome to PA. 

Outbackbob48:
vernonhess 999, I don't have much experience with quartz but have sat in a few knappins and watched some excellent quartz knappers, It seemed to me most used wood billets on alot of the I shall call manrocks  :-K ( quartz, rhyolite, archlite, esphous) Tuff material to begin with, Kinda a different type of knapping and quite challenging, Just my .02 worth. Bob

bjrogg:
Vern. First off welcome and any contributions to this site are welcome.

I don’t have much experience with quartz . Not sure if I even ever successfully finished a point. Enough to know how much respect I have for anyone who does.

The little I dabbled. It worked better than other grainy chert I tried. I’m in a poor location for picking up rock. And being a farmer for almost my entire life it was really hard to make myself pay money for rocks. And then have to admit it to people that asked where I got it.lol

I went through a pretty long stretch where I just picked up promising Looking rocks and gave them a good wack with a hammer stone rock.

Like that outback. Man Rocks is a good definition.

Bjrogg

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