Stone axe

ROBBYBOBBY64 said:

That is amazing the amount of work you did. I love it, you did a great job. Any Native American blood in your family? If not even I would make you an honorary member. All jokes aside, that's really nice.
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ROBBYBOBBY64 said:

I made this stone axe out of that fluorescent stone from Sterling Hill Mine in N.J. Calcite, Willimite, and Franklinite. It glows red/pink, green, and black. Tried to make it look Native American. Bunch of pictures with and without UV light. Last picture shows the rare Blue micro crystal they have at the mine. Sterling Hill mine has 90 fluorescent minerals, more than 2 dozen found nowhere else in the world. Hope you like.
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jc_john1 said:

Thanks for that! Haven't seen Franklinite in decades since moving south. Way too cool!

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ROBBYBOBBY64 said:

Not sure why but that one side looks like an alligator.
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Jamdam said:

That’s as good a guess as any. The experts say possum, deer, turtle, or alligator. The artist was a bit of a impressionist.

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Screwtop said:

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The axe is quartering to the camera, that's why it looks so small. This was after I had pecked a notch around it and got it shaped by rubbing it against another rock. Later on after the pic was taken, I polished it up with another rock, and then finally with deer hide. I'll have to take another picture of it now.

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Screwtop said:

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The axe is quartering to the camera, that's why it looks so small. This was after I had pecked a notch around it and got it shaped by rubbing it against another rock. Later on after the pic was taken, I polished it up with another rock, and then finally with deer hide. I'll have to take another picture of it now.

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