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Description: | A fragment of a broken Neolithic polished stone axehead. The polish on the blunted cutting edge has been preserved, although some of the other surfaces are pitted. The profile is a long oval shape, 58.3mm by 22.6mm. The fragment weighs 77.9g. The irregular break is located 38mm from the cutting edge and from this point the axe tapers sharply towards the cutting edge. On one side the axe is slightly concave, possibly reflecting regrinding after damage.Dr Vin Davis of the Implement Petrology Group has analysed the axehead and has identified it as a hornfels granulite. He states: "This very distinctive rock consists mainly of equant quartz and feldspar and is of possible horneblende granitic origin. Characteristic of the rock is a spherulitic texture, which consists mainly of radiating groups of acicular crystallites of ?tourmaline and possibly some sillimanite... Small grains and needles of ?cordierite, biotite and iron ore are sometimes associated with spherulites."
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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