Found this along a deer trail in the mts of West Virginia.not really sure if it's steatite, or if it's like a clay fired.it has some I treating marks,i think maybe cordage,,any help?
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I find a lot of pottery . Black to red , beige .
The one thing that makes me not think it’s pottery is the side view . It would look more like sandy clay that was dried because that’s the process , dry then fire it .
the sides have scars on your piece .
It almost looks like the outside of a geoid.
do you find those in your area .
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Looks like a broken piece of a ironstone concretion. http://meteorites.wustl.edu/id/concretions.htmTN formerly CT Visit our store http://stores.arrowheads.com/store.p...m-Trading-Post
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There is some scratching from where it was carved on the inside,outside it's a checkers pattern kinda.btm lip has one straight line etched in and like 15 going downward. It's too light to be ironstone and completely diff than a geode.one side is hollowed out,most of the lip is broke..one one spot is a fresh break and it's dark red,almost like a dark red clay.sounds like pottery also.8 Photos
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Originally posted by Hoss View PostLooks like a broken piece of a ironstone concretion. http://meteorites.wustl.edu/id/concretions.htm
The first time I posted one I thought it had a face ...lesson learned . If you want to see pottery look at some of the posts on it .
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