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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Stone tools & knapping - anyone had a go?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mungoman" data-source="post: 203715" data-attributes="member: 2730"><p>G'day AR, I like what you're doing, especially with the Quartz - one of the hardest stones to knap, due to it's crystalline structure and lack of cleavage.</p><p></p><p>Here's a couple of the Old Peoples examples - both knives, one from Chert (mans knife) and the other from a river washed cobble (womans knife), and I've thrown in an edged ground axe from down Goulburn NSW way.</p><p></p><p>Both knives were produced with three judicious whacks - that's all - and have produced items of beauty that would have taken me maybe ten life times to replicate.</p><p></p><p>The coin is the size of a twenty cent piece.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/2730/1446944298_img_8481_edited-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/2730/1446944325_img_8501_edited-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/2730/1446944408_img_8535_edited-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/2730/1446944592_img_8508_edited-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mungoman, post: 203715, member: 2730"] G'day AR, I like what you're doing, especially with the Quartz - one of the hardest stones to knap, due to it's crystalline structure and lack of cleavage. Here's a couple of the Old Peoples examples - both knives, one from Chert (mans knife) and the other from a river washed cobble (womans knife), and I've thrown in an edged ground axe from down Goulburn NSW way. Both knives were produced with three judicious whacks - that's all - and have produced items of beauty that would have taken me maybe ten life times to replicate. The coin is the size of a twenty cent piece. [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/2730/1446944298_img_8481_edited-1.jpg[/img] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/2730/1446944325_img_8501_edited-1.jpg[/img][img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/2730/1446944408_img_8535_edited-1.jpg[/img] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/2730/1446944592_img_8508_edited-1.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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