Searching along a Massachusetts salt pond I found a large, thin flake of an unfamiliar material, I had never seen it before. The flake had a uni-face edge with very fine chipping, nearly erased by the surf. It had the look of a Paleo uni-face tool. I went searching through the yet unpublished version of Jeff Boudreau's New England Typology guide, and in the Lithics section found Wakefield "Salt & Pepper" Rhyolite. My piece matches exactly with the beige patina & small black & white Phenocrysts. I was also happy see that Boudreau stated the Paleo people used this lithic.
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Nice stuff, Alan. I think I may have encountered it on rare occasions. I like all our regional rhyolites. Despite the many fine flints around the country, and I'd love to find more flint and jasper, I have always felt that collectors fall in love with their own region's materials at times. Or learn to appreciate them might be the better way of putting it. Speaking of which, I picked up a super specimen of raw Limerock Jasper from the Conklin Quarry in RI at our Gem and Mineral show yesterday. Looks exactly like Pa jasper.
Anyway, nice flake tool. Nice pick up!Rhode Island
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Originally posted by -=METACOM=- View PostSure would love to get my hands on a copy of that guide... I hope it eventually comes out
Nice find man, thanks for sharing!Last edited by clambellies; 11-06-2017, 10:58 PM.
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