Help with ID of ? Primitive Tool

RinggoldGa

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Friend posted this on FB. Found in the woods here in SE TN.

Appears to have a knapped edge. May just be a rock. I have no idea but knew those of you here would.
 

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Nicodemus

The Recluse
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Looks like a tabular nodule of chert.
 

PappyHoel

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Definitely looks like it's been worked. Any other finds in the general area? I have no idea what it is but I would look for more around.
 

PappyHoel

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Nicodemus

The Recluse
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Stalactite? Stalagmite?



No, just how some chert is shaped in its natural form. I see a few fresh chips exposed on the weathered-patinaed surface of the stone.

I`m no geolologist, just an old flintknapper, but I think most stalactites and stalagmites are a form of chalcedony (which will knap too).
 

NCHillbilly

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That's a piece of silicious limestone that has bumped against another rock and knocked a flake off. That stuff is all over eastern TN. It is not an artifact of any kind, IMO.
 
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