The milky white chalcedonite/opal distribution in the Neolithic Kelteminar culture of the Kyzyl-kums, Uzbekistan
2009, 49, Tom 49, Nr B
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Abstract
Among the various lithic raw materials processed by the Neolithic inhabitants of the Kyzyl-kums, Central Asia, milky white, porcelain-like material deserves special attention. 1 It is petrographically identified as chalcedonite often turning into opal (MIChNIAK 1998; SZyMCZAK, KhUDZhANAZARov, MIChNIAK 2006: 590). This easy to recognize rock is usually non transparent, although it has fairly transparent, opalescent varieties (Fig. 1). In othercases it can bear a slightly yellowish, or pinky shade. Rarely, black or dark navy blue, a millimetre or so thick veins of intrusionsappear in the uniform whiterock mass. Thecortex, when preserved, often has reddish or pinky yellow shade, but in general thecortex is naturally removed (washed up), and such surfaces bear traces of natural heavy damage: crushing, tearing off, etc.
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