porcellanite

(ˈpɔːsələˌnaɪt)

(Geological Science) geology hard and dense rock resembling unglazed porcelain

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THIS collection of 19 Stone Age axes made from porcellanite were found at Danesfort on the Malone Road in Belfast.

DELIGHTS AT THE MUSEUM; Ulster's pounds 17.5m revamp opens to public

Budding archaeologists can investigate where our ancestors chipped away at the mountain's porcellanite - the hardest stone - to make axe heads for chopping hunting, and even export.

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Stone artefact types include numerous small flakes and large pestles, and a few mortars and edge-ground stone axes, made from a variety of materials including quartz, quartzite, sandstone, porcellanite, tuff and dolerite.

Subsistence and settlement patterns in the Darwin coastal region during the late Holocene period: a preliminary report of archaeological research

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