Oolithic for OneOneNiner

[StevefromMissouri]

In another post, OneOneNiner commented he like oolites in flint, so I thought we could show some examples:

[ghost recon]

Here's some Oolitic chert from Va., points, a core ( bottom piece ) and some close-ups. I always called it frog egg chert until I was told what it really is. It's a really cool looking material imo.

[Palmwood]

OOH !!!




sorry, I couldn't help it.




I do like oolite tho. We see it in central LA. I'll do some digging around.

[kliff]

I always wondered what that material was. I have several points made from it. I will post if i can get new computer to work

[OneOneNiner]

Hey thanks for the info Steve. Those are some killer points you guys are posting.
Keep'em coming guys!

Never quite knew what they were, but I knew they were something so I hung on to them.
Now I can put a name on the box and stop calling them petrified algae.

Had a butmunch " Professor " whom I met on the River way up in Mississippi tell me that it was petrified algae.
He gave me and Headright 51 a whole history lesson on glaciers and the such which was only a front to tell us the laws in Mississippi were different than those in Louisiana. Basically he was beating around the bush only to tell us to get the fork off his beach.

Here are some of my (what I now know to be) oolites that I've collected.

[traveler]

[Palmwood]

I dug out this Plainview base found in Vernon P. LA.

[centraliowa21]

Traveler, that point is killer. I have similar material, different colors. I'll post them soon. Hope I get to check out your collection some day.

[StevefromMissouri]

Ghost Recon, man I swear your last pic and my last pic could be from the exact same source!

[ghost recon]

Originally Posted by StevefromMissouri

Ghost Recon, man I swear your last pic and my last pic could be from the exact same source!

I noticed that they are very similar. Your first piece looks really close to the darker variety I find. Nice artifacts man.