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    someone i go looking with told me Indians did not use quartz to make arrowheads, i think she is wrong...can anyone tell me if quartz was used to make arrowheads or scrapers or anything by the Indians please?....in colorado specifically
    Last edited by 5foot5; 08-03-2017, 11:04 PM.

  • #2
    Not in your area but yes quartz is used
    quartzite was used in your area
    Look to the ground for it holds the past!

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    • searchinghawk
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      i live in new england and have many quart points, some crystal,, some in various shades of white and blue and more

  • #3
    Yes it was
    As for me and my house , we will serve the lord

    Everett Williams ,
    NW Arkansas

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    • #4
      send that someone to the North East and they will quickly realize how wrong that claim is! lol
      Southern Connecticut

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      • #5
        Hey Jazz, There are areas where quartz was used more than any other lithic material.
        Michigan Yooper
        If You Don’t Stand for Something, You’ll Fall for Anything

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        • #6
          Here in the Mid Atlantic Quartz & quartzite make up 80%+ of the lithics knapped. Your friend is quite mistaken.
          Child of the tides

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          • #7
            thanks guys...i knew she was wrong

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            • #8
              Flint and Chert are actually Cryptocrystalline Quartz that being said if you find a chert or flint point it is actually made up of quartz.
              TN formerly CT Visit our store http://stores.arrowheads.com/store.p...m-Trading-Post

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ID:	259207 Quartz must have had special powers out west.

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                • gregszybala
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                  Was waiting for that!

              • #10
                Looks like Dennis proved the friend wrong with that pic. All kinds of quartz points here in Tennessee as well.

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