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To: SunkenCiv

I’v been flintknapping for 30 years and attending prim tech events just as long and this is the first time I have seen the word, “radiolarite.”


10 posted on 08/15/2022 6:04:54 AM PDT by KingLudd
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To: KingLudd

Looks like pretty stuff.

Sidebar, good article for a knapper, it may wind up posted for GGG:

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/prehistoric-brits-used-rare-rock-crystals/


12 posted on 08/15/2022 6:44:11 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: KingLudd; SunkenCiv; Verginius Rufus; All

Just a guess, let the other guy Google, but possibly a rock formed from radiolaria, compressed to stone like limestone is made from many sea dwelling calcium containing mini/micro fauna.


15 posted on 08/15/2022 8:26:54 AM PDT by gleeaikin (Question authority)
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