3" Horse Creek Chert Point

[Ron Kelley]

This point is solid red because the stone is from the middle of the cobble. The yellow, green, and blue are always near the cortex.

[Tam]

That looks similar to the Jasper we have in Georgia .
Or am I wrong and it’s Horse creek Chert .
I want to learn these lithics in my area so bad .
I bought a mineral book but not 100 helping .

[Tam]

Like this , hope this is not a high jack but a learning post .
S West Georgia has a lot of this .

[Ron Kelley]

Hey Tam, That sure is a nice point and a beautiful lithic. Your beautiful jasper is very different from the Horse Creek chert. Your jasper is shiny whereas the Horse Creek chert is dull. They don't knap the same. The Horse Creek chert has a variety of colors close to the outside of the cobble. Here is a point I knapped which shows all the colors in the stone. Only the middle of the cobble is solid red.

[Tam]

That’s a work of art . I see that in a frame in a hotel .
my gosh .
well thank you for clearing that up for me . I did feel it was Jasper . All the old guys call everything flint .
oh boy have to buy books to learn they are no help . With all the iron ( red dirt ) in Georgia you would think .
But nooo I respect my elders and that’s hard I am the old one lol .

[Tam]

Like I said before you would have plenty of food dropped off at you door for all those beautiful point/ blades
good trade

[Scorpion68]

Really awesome work there Ron, as usual. I've seen you work Horse Creek chert before but I always thought it was multi colored. I wasn't aware that the core was all one color. Is it always red or could it be one of the other colors associated with HC chert. Just curious but isn't this chert of a coarser grain than Jasper??

[Ron Kelley]

Thanks Chuck, I have many Horse Creek Cobbles. On my examples all the middle material is red. Yes you're right this rock has a coarser grain than Jasper.

[Kyflintguy]

Nice work on that one Ron, but that's about as mundane a piece of HCC as I've seen lol. Would be really easy to confuse with some other cherts from the same area and especially so with a little patina. Also could pass as some Cafter Cave I've seen. But good work none the less, and like they say on 'Forged in Fire' ... "It will kill!"

[Ron Kelley]

Thanks Josh, I got some nice striped pieces from the outer layers of this rock. When I got to this center material I just put it aside for several months.

[Pointhead]

Ron that is an absolute killer!! I found a large chunk of Attleboro red rhyolite today.. I mean large. I could break it up and send you some if you wanted to try it out? I assume it would be a difficult lithic to Knapp but, your work suggests you’re up for the challenge

[Ron Kelley]

Thanks Ben, I'll send you a PM.

[G10+]

Wow that’s awesome work !!!!