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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: vinemaplebows on March 22, 2015, 10:23:45 pm

Title: Dacite & Wa. Agate
Post by: vinemaplebows on March 22, 2015, 10:23:45 pm

Few I just made, inclusions in both points.....I have lots of almost perfect stone, but like the challenge of rougher stone. Anyway...here they are. :)

Title: Re: Dacite & Wa. Agate
Post by: vinemaplebows on March 22, 2015, 10:25:11 pm

More pics....

Title: Re: Dacite & Wa. Agate
Post by: vinemaplebows on March 22, 2015, 10:29:56 pm

Can't believe it....didn't flip the points! :embarassed:

Title: Re: Dacite & Wa. Agate
Post by: cowboy on March 23, 2015, 09:57:28 am

Nice work and purty stone. I like that agate.

Title: Re: Dacite & Wa. Agate
Post by: Sasquatch on March 23, 2015, 11:21:15 am

Love that agate stone.   Did you heat that stone?

Title: Re: Dacite & Wa. Agate
Post by: vinemaplebows on March 23, 2015, 01:41:29 pm

Yes, the agate was heat treated @350-400. The stone came from mid-state within a couple miles of the Columbia river where a mining company mines Diatomaceous Earth. The agate is in a layer between common opal (which is knappable) but there was only a few areas you could find it, and about 8-10yrs back they backfilled that pit....so as far as I know I am the only knapper to have this piticular stone....kinda a bummer. :( Last time I was there all the stone was crap that could not be knapped. >:(

Title: Re: Dacite & Wa. Agate
Post by: Patches on March 23, 2015, 02:25:46 pm

That agate stone is beautiful.  Shame that you cannot get anymore. 

Nice points! 

Neal

Title: Re: Dacite & Wa. Agate
Post by: Trapper Rob on March 23, 2015, 10:30:01 pm

That agate is pretty stone.