Hematite - ArrowHeads. com Hematite certainly occurs in Kentucky, but the major source for many hematite artefacts in east south-central parts of the States was the Iron Mountain region of SE Missouri Hematite the mineral is essentially non-magnetic but often exhibits weak attraction to powerful rare-earth magnets or industrial-strength electromagnets
Chunkey Stones (Roller Discoidals) - ArrowHeads. com A few are described as "circle roller" types because one side is a larger diameter causing it to roll in a circle as it comes to rest One rare type of hematite, from Mississippi County, Arkansas was relief carved on one side (figure 3 ) Gamestones are made of diorite, green-stone, hematite, quartzite, limestone and flint
cones - ArrowHeads. com Native items referred to as “cone stones” are more usually close to hemispherical with a flat or slightly concave base They’re generally made from hematite and – although their use is not completely certain – they are widely believed to be pieces used in games of skill, chance and amusement Perhaps also in divination or fortune telling
Sharpening stone - ArrowHeads. com A barber's straight edged razor is honed on a stone almost as smooth as glass, then finished off will a canvas leather strop, and surly what was being used against the hematite wasn't as hard as a steel Powder produced during a sharpening process would have been an added bonus in this case I think A few hematite samples from the Web Iowa
Texas Hematite Celt - ArrowHeads. com This hematite celt was found by a TX Cache subscriber many years ago in Stephens County, TX Hematite is a rare material for Texas artifacts so I am fairly clueless about this piece
Hematite celt from VA - ArrowHeads. com Just received from a great friend and VA collector for Christmas, hematite celt from the burial triangle site in greensville County VA recovered in the 1960s from next to a gas station known as uncle odies off of 58!
Axe head or hand axe? Or any other ideas? - ArrowHeads. com On the site, I have found many points, filled multiple mason jars with debitage, a broken axe head, abraders, rubbed hematite, and a few nutting stones I don't know what kind of stone but it's not similar to the chert points I've been finding and seems less grainy than the nutting stones I've found The thickness of this piece is pretty uniform
I have some strange hemetite I could use help with Agree It doesn't look like hematite to me either It looks more like sandstone as far as can be said from those pictures You can check by streaking it on the back (unglazed) side of an old ceramic tile if you have any left over from redecoration work Hematite will streak red or red-brown Incidentally, it doesn't look like an artefact either
Hematite Rub stone? - ArrowHeads. com I found this in my backyard gravel that was (MOST LIKELY) dredged from the bottom of the Kaw River Thank y'all for your help!