Story: Kōhatu – Māori use of stone
This quarry is on D’Urville Island (Rangitoto). In general, the adzite was quarried with hammers. Tools and weapons were made from the hardest type of adzite (baked or metasomatised argillite), which could be highly polished.
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Reference: SL47-44
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