Mauro Fiorentini wrote on Dec 17
th, 2010 at 7:18am:
Paleoarts wrote on Dec 16
th, 2010 at 11:42pm:
Bill, you're getting that smell when using antler because it and hair are same thing on a molecular level.
how interesting! Didn't know that!!
Paleoarts wrote on Dec 16
th, 2010 at 11:42pm:
oh, and little, just because you live near a volcano doesn't mean there is knappable stone around. obsidian, dacite, and others are volcanic glasses, but they form deep under ground between shifting tectonic plates and are usually pushed up in and around moutain ranges. actual volcanos generally release little more than pumice and ash.
he said there's a river stream nearby, probably he can find obsidian in the surface there
Greetings,
Mauro.
I think Paleoarts is right, Itll probably be vain to look for those stones near volcanoes, besides most of the rocks around here aren't fine-grained, and most are porous not like obsidian and the like, Alaska is an old place and I suspect that the stones I may be looking for are far beneath the surface, anyways i did find a great website that sells good flint knapping material, soo not all hope is lost it seems.