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Nice celt! They were in use for a long time beginning approximately in the Early Woodland period and extending through the Late Woodland or Late Mississippian period depending on your location. Here is an older thread that might be of interest.
http://forums.arrowheads.com/forum/g...xe-small-celtsLike a drifter I was born to walk alone
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Definitely, kind of curious about material. Not even sure what the dark grey/black material is let alone this. Had the idea the grey was granite but most granite found in this state is used for tombstones and doesnt really look like either material but believe hardstone is just a loose term :dunno: would be nice to know where the material came from for celts.
Awesome celt!
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It looks like hematite to me. Some of the examples on the thread rmartin linked to are black/brownish hematite but it occurs in colours all the way through to bright red, depending on its mineralogical state. You might think of red hematite as a soft material, but it isn't and has a hardness of between 5.5 - 6.5 on the Mohs scale (versus granite at 6 - 7). It's often confused with red ochre which is a clay that has been coloured with hydrated hematite and is soft enough to be easily scraped to create a powder for pigment use.
Very nice item.
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