An Artifossil

[ted coulianos]

several recent posts regarding artifacts & their identificaton prompted me to dig this specimen out of moth balls: it's both artifact & fossil; the tip section of a chipped stone spear or knifepoint, with a little surprise. The planispiral coiled gastropod preserved in the marine chert or flint probably contributed to it's fracture. It would have been a great artifact had it been complete;only now it's been relegated to "conversation piece". Hope you find it interesting.

[jpc]

very nice conversation piece. What's the specimen number on it mean?

Edited March 18, 2013 by jpc

[donckey]

Thanks for showing.

That little gastropode was the weakspot, probably causing the artefact to break

[ted coulianos]

jpc, this was traded from an old collection; the letters were the collector's locality code, & the date found, 12-28-1967. Other than it's from the St.John's River area, in Florida, the exact locality is a mystery to me.