Some more Rocks--Better Pics

[Shemanese]

OK, the reason I posted these are to see if others find as big of pieces of Flint/Chert as I have. I'm not familiar with the different colors from Flint Ridge, or if this is local, so I thot others might be able to identify what kind it is.

Notice the pock marks on the top (and bottom) of the first and last pic. The 2nd one is an irregular shaped piece and the last 2 together have many many marks on them like maybe they were used as an anvil. Or were these pieces too irregular to use any further?

I should have used a ruler as a reference but forgot to. The 1st one has to weigh 30-40#'s. 2nd one about 25#'s. and the last 2 are 6 and 8#'s.

 

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[pickaway]

Re: Some more Rocks

B&W pics hard to see color, those are some big cobbles if there flint..

 

[Ohio_Doug]

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Yeah color pics would help. I have found flint cores the size of softballs, most of them being the solid black.

 

[bruce]

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Hello there,

Here is examples flint cores from my area along with banded slate stones. Hang in there!

Bruce

 

[Shemanese]

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Didn't realize the pics were so crappy and didn't show color. Did them real quick as friends were stopping over. My apologies. I will re-do. Sorry. They are flint/chert.

 

[*Molly*]

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Looks like Chert to me, a colour pic will tell us more. If there is a lot of this material at your hunting spot, there should be points, look for flaked peices, made out this material.

Molly.

 

[Neanderthal]

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I love the banded slate Bruce, wish we had it in my area!

 

[bruce]

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Hello there,

I wandered if someone would comment on that big
slate stone was dug up at least 20 ft. down they were
replacing gas line main it looks
to be worked on suppose it is from glacial depostits.
Banding is sweet.

Thanks Neanderthal,
Bruce

 

[Shemanese]

Hope these show the color better--took off the B&W filter..DUH...

 

[searcher]

Shemanese
To your original question, yes.

These are flint. One is a dark gray almost black, the other is tan to dark, almost chocolate.
What I think is interesting is there are fossils in the bigger one.
First pic is front side.
Second is back/broken side.
Third is closeup of fossils.
The tiles in the back ground are 12" square. The big one is over 20 lbs. the smaller just under 20 (guessing, don't have a scale)

I was working a grass fire and found one. Asked the owner if I could take it and he said "only if you take another with it."
Nice guy.

Somewhere I also have a piece of pure chocolate flint from a local cave...

Sorry the pics are so big... I did resize them, just not enough I guess.