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.

Mar 11, 2025 · 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. Can anyone explain how they worked the edges? I mistakenly thought it was a worked meteorite when I first saw and held it. A little info...

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.

Mar 11, 2023 · Found this in a cornfield its hematite. I thought maybe it was an awl or something

Dec 30, 2012 · 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.

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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.

Nov 18, 2015 · 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

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!

Mar 14, 2023 · What is on this rock?