From:
Tom Brickman <tbrickman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:35:16 -0500
Subject:
name that stone
Anthony,
I'm not a stone worker (a forester) but what you describe sounds like
quartz - though being a stone worker, I'm sure you would recognize quartz.
I know quartz here in Alabama is milky white with a very visible crystaline
structure. I collect arrow heads, and occasionally I find one made of
quartz. It made a very poor arrowhead because it is very hard and wants to
fracture at right angles along the crystaline planes instead of flakeing
like flint or chirt. So the indian ended up with a very blunt, thick point
instead of a thin, tappered, sharp point. I guess they had to use what
ever material was at hand.
Tom Brickman
Birmingham, AL
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