Color: Novaculite
may range from white to light gray or black.
Texture: Medium grain to very fine grain
Luster: Dull to waxy or vitreous
Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Novaculite is a
microcrystalline to cryptocrystalline material consisting of silica.
Patina:
Heat Treatment: Heat treatment may have
no visual changes, but does increase the flaking quality. At
specific temperatures, reds may occur
Knapping:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Novaculite are found in beds in the Ouachita mountains of Arkansas
and into Oklahoma and the Marathon Uplife and Solitario regions of
Texas. Has been traded into Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.
Projectile point made from this material:
Pictures Provided By:
Sara Beth Childs
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