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Southwest  * Lithics

       IDL.1                    IDL.2                     IDL.3             IDL.4    

IDL.1 Yavapai, G8, 8.4 cm brown/tan chert with heavy patina. A nice large example of a havted knife form.                                                    SOLD

IDL.2 Pattacus Knife, G7, 7 cm pink & white chert. Very nice workmanship and color.                                                                                   $30

IDL.3 Johnston Knife (Scottsbluff), G8, 6.5 cm olive chert with dark speckles. Good form and workmanship with a well ground base.       $95

IDL.4 Jay, G6, 6 cm rose/tan chert, found in the Show Low area. A well made early point type with a slight tip break from impact.                 $65

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  IDL.5          IDL.6            IDL.7                IDL.8             IDL.9

IDL.5 Unknown type, G7, 5.7 cm translucent brown agatized wood. The blade has a strong bevel and the basal edges are smoothed.           $19

IDL.6 Maljamar, G8, 5.6 cm tan chert with nice patina. A very large example with wild derrations and a very extended needle tip                          $40

IDL.7Yavapai G7, 6.4 cm cream/tan chalcedony. Well made with a beveled blade and pronounced tip                                                             SOLD

IDL.8 Gatecliff, G7, 5 cm translucent brown agate with a matrix inclusion on one edge. Beautiful material.                                                          $35

IDL.9 Cienega, G8, 5 cm redish brown chert with sparkley dark inclusions, Very pleasing form, flat on one side.                                              $42

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   IDL.10           IDL.11         IDL.12         IDL.13          IDL.14

IDL.10 Augustin, G8, 5.1 cm plum colored chert. Great workmanship and excellent form.                                                                            SOLD

IDL.11 Black Mesa, G8, 4.4 cm tan chert with great patina . Extremely well made with delicate serrated edges.                                               $55

IDL.12 Mount Albion, G7, 4.1 cm red dacite. Classic form and good workmanship with serrated edges                                                  $30

IDL.13 Diablo Canyon, G8, 4.8 cm rose/pink/white translucent agate. One of the prettiest lithics you will ever see. A long well made point that is rather unusual in that it has a fracture base platform. This migh indicate it was rebased from a larger specimen. A real GEM                                 SOLD

IDL.14 Chaco, G8, 4 cm white translucent chalcedony with a red streak. Well made, there is a stack on the tip from resharpening.              $60

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  IDL.15           IDL.16          IDL.17        IDL.18       IDL.19           IDL.20

IDL.15 Rossi, G9, 4.3 cm verigated brown chert. Great workmanship and a needle tip make this a very attractive specimen                            SOLD

IDL.16 Stemmed, G7, 3.9 cm translucent banded agatized wood. A well made example that has the form of an early type but is not ground on the stem edges.                                                                                $40

IDL.17 Gypsum Cave, G8, 4.4 cm verigated redish brown chert. An attractive well made specimen with a pronounced tip.                     $47

IDL.18 San Jose, G7, 4 cm translucent brown/tan agate. Made on a flake, it is thin with one flat side. Beveled and serrated.                              $15

IDL.19 Pinto, G6, 4 cm dark gray chert                                         $5

IDL.20 Delta Side-Notched, G8, 3.7 cm gray chert. A nicely made and quite unusual point with a tiny nick on one ear                                $55

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 IDL.21    IDL.22       IDL.23         IDL.24      IDL.25     IDL.26

IDL.21 Rose Springs Dagger, G8, 4.8 cm tan chert. An extremely long narrow well made specimen.                                                         $29

IDL.22 San Pedro, G8, 4.1 cm translucent yellow chert. A colorful well worked example with nice patina                                                    $38

IDL.23 Datil, G8, 4.5 cm mottled brown glossy chert. A very nicely made specimen with an extended needle tip.                                            $41

IDL.24 Ano Nuevo, G8, 3.7 cm gray chert. An interesting point with heavily serrated edges and it still has part of the cortex on the base             $32

IDL.25 Maljamar, G7, 3.8 cm brown chert.Wild serrations along the blade edges, use wear to the tip.                                                            $19

IDL.26 Ventana Side-Notched, G7, 4.1 cm translucent pinke/white agate. A good example of a rare type and beautiful lithic material              $29

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   IDL.27            IDL.28        IDL.29             IDL.30          IDL.31

IDL.27 Cortaro, G8, 3.5 cm basalt. Very well worked on both faces with nice basal thinning.                                                                       $29

IDL.28 Mount Albion, G8, 3.4 cm red jsaper with olive inclusions. Great color                                                                                            $33

IDL.29 San Pedro, G6, 2.6 cm basalt. A good sturdy well used example with great basal grinding.                                                               $5

IDL.30 San Jose, G8, 4.1 cm brown/gray chert. An excellent specimen with nice workmanship, serrated edges and a needle tip                        SOLD

IDL.31 Gatecliff, G7, 44.3 cm semi-translucent tan chert. Good workmanship.                                                                               $21

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 IDL.32          IDL.33          IDL.34    IDL.35     IDL.36   IDL.37

IDL.32 San Jose, G7, 4.4 cm brown chert with heavy patina. This is a neat little point with heavy basal grinding and a beveled serrated blade    SOLD

IDL.33 Acatita, G8, 5.1 cm semi-translucent tan chert with rose overtones. Excellent workmanship and a long extended needle sharp tip.          $47

IDL.34 Mount Albion, G8, 4.8 cm banded tan/brown chert. A nice classic example.                                                                                     $33

IDL.35 San Jose, G8, 3.7 cm plum chert. Nicely made with well beveled blade edges and wonderful color.                                                   $48

IDL.36 Mount Albion, G8, 3.8 cm translucent white/brown chert. Good workmanship and a well defined tip.                                                $30

IDL.37 Amargosa, G8, 3.4 cm semi-translucent mottled brown chert. Pleasing form, well made and nice material with a natural bug hole that goes entirely through the stone.                                                            $49

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   IDL.38         IDL.39      IDL.40         IDL.41            IDL.42      IDL.43

IDL.38 San Jose, G7, 3.8 cm yellow/brown chert with heavy desert patina. Classic form with heavy serrations. a ding on one ear                      $10

IDL.39 San Pedro Drill, G8, 4 cm mottled red chert. Good form with a long delicate bit and great patina.                                                         $30

IDL.40 Mount Albion, G8, 4 cm beutiful cream and purple chalcedony. Heavily serrrated blade edges. a pretty point                                  $33

IDL.41 Unknown Type, G8, 3.2 cm translucent yellow chert. I don't know what to call this one but it is one wild looking point.                        SOLD

IDL.42 San Pedro, G7, 3.5 cm tan chert. the blade has become very narrow from numerous resharpenings.                                                       $12

IDL.43 Meserve, G8, 3.4 cm brown petrified wood. A really neat well worked specimen.                                                                                  $34

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  IDL.44                   IDL.45                        IDL.46

DL.44 Bajada, G6, 3.6 cm basalt. Resharpened until the blade was completely used up. Well ground with heavy patina                        $10

DL.45 Spindle whorl, G8, 4.6 cm diameter. A very nice specimen made from a peice of salvaged pottery as most were. St, John's AZ          $33

DL.46 Pendant, G8, 4.5 cm red glazed pottery with black design. A nice example made from salvaged potteryfound near St. John's Arizona. $33

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               IDL.47                     IDL.48               IDL.49

IDL.47 Game Peice, G8, 5 cm diameter and made from salvaged pottery. A very attractive well made example                                              $38

IDL.48 Stone Pendant, G8, 3.5 cm long banded hardstone. A beautiful and very well made specimen. It is obvious why this stone was chosen   SOLD

IDL.49 Stone Pendant, G8, 5.9 cm long black slate. Thin and well made showing the tool marks very nicely                                                 $40

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   IDL.50       IDL51      IDL.52  IDL.53           IDL.54

IDL.50 Dolores, G10, 3.3 cm tan/rose glossy chert. This thin fine beauty is about as nice as they come.                                                        $180

IDL.51 Walnut Canyon, G8 3 cm brick red chert. A well made example of classic form.                                                                                $35

IDL.52 Walnut Canyon, G8 3.2 cm dark gray chert. Long and narrow and delicate with a needle tip.                                                            $35

IDL.53 Durango, G8 3.2 cm translucent butterscotch chert. An oddball beauty that almost glows when held to the light.                             $38

IDL.54 Gatlin, G9 4 cm brown jasper. A wonderful long narrow nicely made specimen that is better than the picture looks.                                $140

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