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[CHUDs]

Hey everybody,
I found this beauty at a friends place in the Southern Sierra sitting in sand on the edge of a creek. It’s obsidian. I’m not sure if it’s a Cascade blade or a Haskett type 1. Looks like there are some shoulders but those could be from resharpening. It’s difficult to tell if there is grinding because it has been tossed in the creek for thousands of years. About 2” long. The thickest part of the point is on the narrow end. Thanks for the insight.

 

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[Older The Better]

I don’t know types in your area well, but looks kinda like it is borderline a western stemmed type to my limited eye, obsidian is always so pretty, that’s a nice find

 

[unclemac]

just call it "lanceolate" and that is all you need.

 

[CHUDs]

I don’t know types in your area well, but looks kinda like it is borderline a western stemmed type to my limited eye, obsidian is always so pretty, that’s a nice find

Great Basin stemmed cluster. I love finding obsidian. It sticks right out on white sand!

 

[CHUDs]

just call it "lanceolate" and that is all you need.

I get hung up on dating things. I found a Haskett type 2 a few years back. It would be cool to have a type 1. This also falls outside of the typical range and could be one of the most southern ever found. Love finding the obsidian either way!

 

[unclemac]

I don't find much obsidian on the PNW coast, and all that I do is traded from hundreds of miles away. I do find A LOT of cryptocrystalline silicates (CCS), jaspers, chalcedony type stone.