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Flint

Many of the objects deposited in the offerings of the Templo Mayor were elaborated with flint stone. This silica rock was symbolically related with fire, heat and divine semen which descended from heaven, thereby complementing the obsidian, which had a cold and earthly character.

Due to its hardness and cutting edges, flint stone was mainly used to fabricate sacrificing knives, although projectile points and knives with human representations were also made. Likewise, symbolical objects were
also made with it, such as scepters of deities.

The Aztecs obtained flint stone practically in all the regions of the Central High Plateau, but not in the Basin of Mexico. The closest deposit site to the old Tenochtitlan is found
in the current State of Morelos.