Color:  Quartz is milky white with thin veins

Texture:  Course to medium grain

Luster:  Vitreous to glassy

Silica Fabrics / Fossils: Consists of quartz and sand grains cemented by silica

Patina:

Heat Treatment:  Typically not heat treated

Knapping:  Flaking quality is variable based on the texture of the stone and fractures in the stone.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution Comments:

Quartz occurs in cobbles in most river and creek beds  also found in veins through out the Appalachian and Blue mountains and Piedmont.