Middle Paleolithic Handaxe - Egypt 595a21a28425b69a40a0b26e3869a811

Middle Paleolithic Handaxe - Egypt 595a21a28425b69a40a0b26e3869a811Paleolithic is simply defined as the Stone Age. In the Paleolithic era we see the earliest cultures that used stone tools. The Stone Age as a larger category is divided into three eras: the Paleolithic, the oldest Stone Age, the Mesolithic, or middle Stone Age, and the Neolithic, or new Stone Age. The Paleolithic is a time frame roughly known as the Ice Age, and It lasted until 10,000 BC, when glaciers began melting and humans developed new stone

then recognized by the scientific community in 1854 when it was given its official name “Astrophyllite”

at up to 18 tons

It is composed of microscopically fine fibrous crystals and it normally shows color banding

or pearls occurring without human intervention

~ 1-1/2 to 2" long

are incredibly rare

as much of the area has been picked over and is depleted

forward pointing horns

beryl would be clear

Provenance

covered much of western and central Illinois

and the United States