4" Adena Style Quartzite Blade

[Ron Kelley]

I wish I could get a photo to show the true beauty of this Tallahatta Quartzite: It sparkles in the sunlight.

[SDhunter]

Some of my quartzite sparkles too. Nice work on that one.

[BabaORiley]

Another showroom point there...where does that material come from Ron?

[Ron Kelley]

Hey Frank, Johnny sent me the quartzite from Georgia.

[Scorpion68]

Nice work, as usual Ron. Do you work much quartzite. From what i've seen that stuff must be hard to work with as it doesn't look like it would flake very evenly?? I seem to find a lot of that stuff down here.

[Ron Kelley]

Hey Chuck, I have knapped very little quartzite. The local quartzite that i found was near impossible to knapp. This Tallahatta Quartzite is very easy to knap.

[Havenhunter]

Oh my... Keep still my beating heart!

[sneakygroundbuzzard]

Ron,very nice work.
i had some of that material years back,and loved it.
It's not fair to call it quartzite, because it doesn't work like quartzite.
But it does make for some beautiful looking points and blades

[Kyflintguy]

Did you slab up a piece of that Tallahata? Just wondering, i'd love to see what that stone looks like raw? Is it in nodules or chunks? Very nice work!

[Ron Kelley]

Thanks Josh, i just slabbed a good solid piece. I think it was a thick flat layer.