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Main Discussion Area => Flintknapping => Topic started by: knap_123 on December 07, 2010, 03:22:06 pm

Title: quartz agate
Post by: knap_123 on December 07, 2010, 03:22:06 pm

 heres some of the hardest rock i ever hit.  its quartz agate that i  picked up here locally.  in  east central al.  there is no chert were i live. just quartz, and this agate.  it does'nt work like flint either cause it likes to hinge and break into small pieces.  i used copper to hit it then antler to pressure flake it.  its to hard to work raw so it likes 5oo then it turns rosey and waxy like.  it makes great palmers and agate basin points.  and i sold a few arrows at a art show recently to guys who liked the fact it was local and i used a 2 feather fletch wich they never saw before.  i  use to find points out of this and always called it rose quartz,  but after studying and examineing it i no its a agate now. hers some raw(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/xmasplayandpoints044.jpg)(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/xmasplayandpoints038.jpg)(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/xmasplayandpoints045.jpg)(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/xmasplayandpoints022.jpg) cooked (http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/ABBYSBDAY046.jpg)(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/ABBYSBDAY056.jpg)(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/ABBYSBDAY047.jpg)(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/ABBYSBDAY072.jpg)(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/ABBYSBDAY031.jpg)made a palmer out of the top pic(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/ABBYSBDAY060.jpg)(http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l338/knap_123/ABBYSBDAY112.jpg)

Title: Re: quartz agate
Post by: nugget on December 07, 2010, 04:55:48 pm

nice looking stuff.

Title: Re: quartz agate
Post by: jamie on December 07, 2010, 05:19:11 pm

me like!!!!!

Title: Re: quartz agate
Post by: mullet on December 07, 2010, 07:48:14 pm

That is cool, does look like rose quartze.

Title: Re: quartz agate
Post by: arappaho on December 08, 2010, 10:15:35 am

Cool, thanks for the pics.
That last side-notched point is fine!
Joe

Title: Re: quartz agate
Post by: Stoker on December 08, 2010, 12:17:29 pm

Very nice..
Thanks Leroy

Title: Re: quartz agate
Post by: Sparrow on December 08, 2010, 11:29:09 pm

Nice points, beautiful material.  '  Frank

Title: Re: quartz agate
Post by: mullet on December 09, 2010, 09:05:21 pm

 Have you tried heat treating some?

Title: Re: quartz agate
Post by: Bill Skinner on December 09, 2010, 09:17:40 pm

Dink had some of that about 3 years ago.  It makes knapping rhyolite easy.  Is that sometimes called Jackson agate?  Bill

Title: Re: quartz agate
Post by: knap_123 on December 10, 2010, 08:43:45 am

all this is heat treated except the one spall.  and not sure bill,  i'll have to research some more

Title: Re: quartz agate
Post by: beetlebailey1977 on December 11, 2010, 09:49:59 pm

Very nice...tough stuff to work.