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RickB:
First points of the year. Knapped from some North Carolina milky white quartz I picked up a few years ago.
It is hard (for me) to find a piece that doesn't have those dreaded cracks. I had a third attempt break in half right on a
crack line while I was thinning it down. I knew it would happen and sure enough it broke. Point style - in the
Southeastern US we call these Yadkins.

bjrogg:
Thanks for posting. Rick

That is some really milky white quartz. I have played around a little with stuff I find here too.

Not the easiest stuff to work with but it does make a point.

Nice work

Bjrogg

Allyn T:
Look good, I've heard quartz is tough to work. How does it flake?

RickB:
Allyn, it actually flaked pretty good but for me the quartz has always had to be fracture free. I used indirect pressure to thin what were already smaller/thinner pieces and finished with a lot of pressure flaking with a copper tipped antler flaker and Ishi stick. I have a local friend who used percussion on a couple clear Arkansas quartz crystals recently with a copper bopper. The clear part worked great but when he worked the whitish colored base of the crystal he had a lot of problems. It's worth a try and I intend to work a piece on occasion.

Parnell:
That’s really interesting to see Rick.  Thanks for posting.  I haven’t used the material.  Is most found at the surface and freeze cracked etc or it just how it’s formed over time?

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