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Sapphireminer

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Australian Ribbon Stone
« on: December 01, 2017, 11:21:25 AM »

Hi everyone I have just joined the forum and I live in Australia. I put up these photos of some ribbon stone I slabbed photo posted below
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Re: Australian Ribbon Stone
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2017, 11:24:58 AM »

 another ribbon stone photo reposted below
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Re: Australian Ribbon Stone
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2017, 11:27:28 AM »

Another piece
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Re: Australian Ribbon Stone
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2017, 11:27:46 AM »

Is it soft, looks like Flint
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Re: Australian Ribbon Stone
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2017, 11:40:53 AM »

Welcome aboard.  In your last image I see two hooded Medieval monks holding scrolls that dangle down in front of their robes.  Agree it looks like some sort of flint with patterns somewhat similar to Polish flint.
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Re: Australian Ribbon Stone
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2017, 11:55:33 AM »

Hi the stone is very hard and is a chert. The aboriginals that lived in the area I collect used it for spear heads. The first photo is alien the second is a old man  the third is Madonna nursing the baby. 
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Re: Australian Ribbon Stone
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2017, 03:21:22 PM »

Some of the old aboriginal spearheads I found when I was collecting the ribbonstone
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Re: Australian Ribbon Stone
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2017, 03:34:34 PM »

Hi and welcome . Interesting looking heads.
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Re: Australian Ribbon Stone
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2017, 04:51:37 PM »

Hi again Lithicbeads the spearheads are reject ones that they had aproblem with and dicarded without finishing.
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Re: Australian Ribbon Stone
« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2017, 06:04:03 PM »

Cool. It looks like wonderstone but it’s not. Chert, flint (pretty much the same stone) will nap wonderstone won’t. I have tried.
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