I found this last week...left it and picked it back up Saturday....if it's a point and/or flake....definitely uncommon lithic in my area...I think...I dont have a point made out of this....it is about size of a quarter and is flat on one side...the other side has raised ridges....hopefully you can see in pics...any thoughts....nw tn find
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No clue...could be just a flake or smallest point in my collection
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That could a type rock called Breccia. Breccia can be any type of conglomerate rock with both small and very large crystals or inclusions of various other rocks or minerals. If quartz is the main mineral, then it's " Brecciated " quartz. if jasper, then it's Brecciated jasper. Not commonly used for points or knives, but more for hardstone artifacts. But an occasional point will show up. This is a Brecciated jasper point with an associated brecciated jasper flake knife. Both Paleo. Because what you have appears to be a flake, it could be a flake taken off a larger cobble in the process of making possibly an axe or celt, not necessarily a projectile form. Or, it's a flake of granite taken off a granite cobble to make a hardstone tool. The more I look at it, the more it appears to be a flake of granite. Throwing two possibilities out there.
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