I'd like to share with you something I've been
doing and want your input if you have experience with it. I spent the day
making fires with an iron file striker and various rocks and minerals. I
wanted to see what would actually ignite char-cloth (and then get to
flames). I was able to make flames using the following in conjunction with
char-cloth and an iron file striker:
- Basalt
- Tourmaline
- Granite
- Gneiss
- Quartz--Milky
- Quartz--Clear Crystal
- Quartz--Iron-Stained
- Quartzite
- Quartzite--with Rhodonite Layers
- Chalcedony
- Chert
- Georgetown Flint
- Knife River Flint
- Ft. Payne Flint
- Francisco Flint
- Sandstone
- Tecovas Jasper
- Metasediment
- Rhodonite-Spessartine Garnet-Quartz Mix
Although the next four minerals generate sparks, I couldn't get them to
work:
- Actinolite
- Spessartine Garnet
- Obsidian--I suspect it will work eventually
- Opal--I suspect it will work eventually
I was very impressed with the "one-hit wonders," the rocks and minerals
that required only one strike in order to ignite the char-cloth:
- Granite
- Chalcedony
- Chert
- Georgetown Flint
- Knife River Flint
I hope to find the following to use in place of the iron file. I'm not
sure if all of these would work, but I hope to find out someday:
- Chromium
- Nickel(ine)
- Iron Pyrite
- Marcasite
- Iron Meteorite
- Banded Ironstone
- Pyrrotite
- Pentlandite
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