Coral

[Bolen Bevel 1]

Two examples of coral that was used for the manufacture of various lithics  by the native Americans.This stuff is harder than woodpecker lips ,but in the right hands produced some of the most beautiful points in North America.

[Bolen Bevel 1]

Couple examples made from coral

[Ron Kelley]

Hey Keith, Thanks for showing us those examples.
I guess I never pictured it looking like that.
It sure is a beautiful lithic.

[Hoss]

Come on Tom Clark don't hold out brother. Keith very cool finds man.

[tomclark]

Chunks driven off coralheads back in the day:

An agatized coralhead that they were banging on.

There are several kinds of agatized coral (cryptocrystalline pseudomorph after coral), this is large polyp, there are small polyp types (pinhead) and swirly types

A Coral core


Coral plummet!

Microtip knife

Swirly Coral (my name for it)

"Swamp Patina" on solid coral Cypress Creek Point, tiny bit of rind seen on face.

The point above under magnification;

Non heat treated raw coral reworked Marion Point


River/Creek Patina, Hernando Point

[Bolen Bevel 1]

Great pieces.Do you have any example of rattlesnake coral Tom?.....it's my favorite.I have a flake of it around here somewhere,i just have to dig it up.

[Ron Kelley]

WOW Tom, That's some nice examples. Great Collection.

[Hoss]

Thanks Tom those are some real treasures there

[rmartin]

Great thread Guys. Thanks for showing those off Tom.