I found this Hopewell yesterday, and I would like to know what kind of chert this is. I live at the Northern tip of Carter county Kentucky. It is slightly translucent. Hornstone? Carter cave chert?
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My best guess would be a variation of Flintridge Flint from North of the Ohio. Paoli or Carter Cave has quite a bit of variances also so I wouldn't completely rule them out, and I'm sure there are some other materials that are shades of grey/white in the area...I would find chalcedony like materials in central KY that were very similar to what your showing. Given your location though I think Flintridge would probably be most likely. Just my guess, maybe Paul or one of our Ohio members could tell us if this is in the variation of Flintridge?Last edited by Kyflintguy; 07-11-2018, 05:14 PM.Josh (Ky/Tn collector)
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Look at it with a magnfier is there any tiny circles almost bubbles they call them oolites they are a psuedo fossil within the matrix of some cherts. I think I see some in the lower part of your point. It could be Haney Chert. Then again a point in hand might look like something all together different than in a picture.Last edited by Hoss; 07-11-2018, 02:37 PM.TN formerly CT Visit our store http://stores.arrowheads.com/store.p...m-Trading-Post
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Nice point! Seems all I hear about lately is how good Kentucky is for arrowhead collectors, and would love to make a trip down there sometime!
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OK, I get it. The heat treated flint ridge chert is wild, and does not look anything like mine. But untreated pieces, and pieces with a lot of blues and grays in it do look a lot like my arrowhead. I think it may be un-heat treated (if there is such a thing) flint ridge chert point. Haney chert can't be it unless it can come without the oolites. Other cherts just don't look like mine.Any suggestions?"The education of a man is never completed until he dies." Robert E. Lee
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