The Buckskin Chert Plates come from the hill country of Texas. The Plates are very thin and flat.
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That is killer! Great info about material. We have something similar here....we call it "ledge flint" or tabular chert. In this case it's baybottom chert, fossiliferous. Always dark grey, black, brown. These lenses are always thin like yours and the crust is limerocky but never smooth, always rough. Every one of these were checked in ancient days for suitability...and probably found lacking. Need a knapper. Preform is from same site, recent damage is glossier.1 PhotoProfessor Shellman
Tampa Bay
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Wow! That nice chert, inside that rough rock? That's pretty cool. Does chert always come with a rough "skin"?
"The education of a man is never completed until he dies." Robert E. Lee
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Nice stuff Ron. Makes me want to check some of the slabs in the local formations around here.Stagger Lee/ SE Missouri
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Hey Andrew, The plates are fun to knapp. I can make a good sized knife in a lot less time than starting with a round rock. There is less debatage using the plates as well.
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I bet it is alot easier. To my knowledge, the chert around here in the local formations is mostly modular but I do know where some stuff cleaved in slabs. I'll have to try it. I do know where some agate veins are though but most of it is pretty crumbly
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