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metal ore grindstone/hammerstone found in midden

dont know what it is made out of exactly,but is heavy.Any ideas?





just a few scrapers.

Re: metal ore grindstone/hammerstone found in midden

Google Markasite. A natural iron sulfide mineral. So heavy it's always amazing that it's not magnetic.
The pics you may find on Google would show that when it was still in the limestone matrix, the entire surface was completely pimpled ( the reverse of a golf ball )
If found in a camp context it may well have been smoothed by the finder. Or in a drainage, natured tumbled it smooth.
A few examples have been found in the last couple of yrs with a groove pecked all the way around, said to be a bolo stone.
If you find a similar one elsewhere, crack it right in half with a cold chisel, it's got a beautiful "starburst" pattern design.

Good scrapers, lots of work evidence. Whats the thing with the hole ? Paint pot or bed post knob

Re: metal ore grindstone/hammerstone found in midden

its a natural paint bowl,still full of paint. it was a surface find on the family farm,not sure if the indians used it but there has been a few points found back in the day nearby,i look from time to time still havent found a point of my own there yet.

Re: metal ore grindstone/hammerstone found in midden

I have 1 of these dippled rocks found in an overhang in Meridian Tx...always wondered what it was...thanks! SH

Re: metal ore grindstone/hammerstone found in midden

Today at Chrisners I had the pleasure of meeting a man that has actually dug a METEORITE out of a burned rock midden indian camp. It has been professionaly certified.

Picture of a picture is the best I can do until he sees this posting and maybe gives us a closeup.
It's the lower dark item.

Digger Amis from Okalahoma . . . .. .

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He says both ends show a "hammering" effect. The boys probably coundn't believe that a "stone" wouldn't flake

Re: metal ore grindstone/hammerstone found in midden

Thats ALVIN from Oklahoma ( OkAl )