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Hello, I will be visiting Delaware next week and was looking for fossil sites to visit. I have already decided to visit Reedy Point on the C & D canal, but when visiting the Delaware Geological Survey's webpage about fossil sites I found mention of the state sand and gravel pit, which the webpage claims has plant impressions from the Pleistocene and can be found just south of Middletown on route 896. I tried looking online for information about this site and was only able to find this map with the site marked as number 4, but it does not give an exact location. Furthermore, the description
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I acquired this item from an artefact dealer who believed it to be a Neolithic “shaft abrader”. These artefacts are usually from coarse/abrasive stones (this is silicified sandstone, bordering on quartzite) and were used to smooth arrow shafts and wooden spindles for other uses. There are also similar artefacts used for making tubular stone beads. Unfortunately, I don’t have a precise locality apart from Moroccan Sahara but in any case it was found in an artefact-rich area and may well have been manuported to where it was found. It fits neatly in the hand for such a purpose but I didn’t b
