A rare rock crystal tool made by Neanderthals between 200,000 - 40,000 years ago.
From a Mousterian level at the Merveilles rockshelter, Sergeac, Dordogne, France. Measurements: 6 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm.
Musée d’Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
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@globalmuseum I ask myself if it was rather an arts object than a practical tool ?
@enigma I would say the former.. even though quartz is a very hard material
@globalmuseum i never read from so many tools of stone age if these alwazs have many signs of usage . If this quartz object was for arts presentation then those fractures would be missing.
Where did they find such a big clear... quartz? It's quartz right?
@futurebird colorless, transparent variety of quartz, composed of pure silicon dioxide.
