Here are some heat treating tips and temperatures

      Why do we heat treat? Heat treating alters knapable material that is otherwise unchippable and transforms it to a glass like characteristic. Heat treating will also improve the colors of some flints. Browns can become reds, grays can become blues yellows become orange and so on. It's an oxidation of the minerals in the stone. Soak heating (heating for 36-48 hours at a constant temp) is not necessary but will further enhance this knapability and color change. Not all materials can be heat treated. An example of this is the black and bluish Kentucky "Horn Stone".
      For the sake of simplicity, we will call all knapable stone "flints" regardless of what they are.
      Remember that there are different grades of all materials, So the chart below has ranges for each type and or grade. It is also important to understand that these temperatures are for spalls or pieces that are absolutely no thicker than 2 inches.
      Heating thicker pieces requires lower temps and a kiln with NO air leaks. Preforms, seem to be able to take hotter temps than spalls. This is likely because of there uniform shape. The preforms can be fairly thick. This is a nice advantage for knappers who have attractive flints that knap like concrete when there raw. They can be preformed and then heated with little risk of damage.
     If a material is not on the chart, experiment with it. If it seems high grade and you still want to heat it to get that glass like look or workability then start with low temps (around 350f.). A rule of thumb is this: white or gray flints take hotter temps than darker flints. Black flints or cherts.
      Moisture content is ever present throughout the stone in ALL flints. Some materials indicated below are very sensitive to heat due to this. They require a special drying process. With out this drying process listed below, your flint will be destroyed.
     Most of our Coastal Plains (including the Jaspers and Corals) flints need special care because of this. It is not total necessary but worth it! For example: on the chart below, Flint River" chert can be heated to 450-460f. This is with the drying process. If you don't want to go through the trouble of the drying, then the max temp must be lowered to 350f. Any hotter and it WILL become damaged. Now then, if you dry it, and following my instructions below, then the stone can be heated to 450f. This is fact.
      The final result for this drying process is better color and knapability with this particular type of stone.
      If you have heated your flint and it has not improved, you can always re heat the flint to hotter temps but you can never go back. Once you have over heated the stone, the damage is done.
      I have had experiences where I know I have heated flint just a bit too hot. The stone became very unpredictable and easily developed splits at the point of impact on the platform. After some tears, the rock was put in a bucket and forgotten about for over a year. I could not bring myself to trim through it and salvage what I could. Then, after it was re discovered a year later, hidden away in my shop, I tested the flint with a billet. The same pieces that had chipped uncontrollably now became very manageable. It was awesome I might add. This has happened to me twice now and I am certain that some of the stresses caused in heating had come out of the stone over time.

Below I have classified the materials into three grades:
"A" = High grade, sometimes very knappable in the raw state. A slight to good gloss.
"B" = Medium grade, a dry texture. Gritty when you scratch it with your fingernail. No gloss
"C" = Quite dry in appearance. Coarse and very difficult to knap.
All Temperatures ar Fahrenheit
Some common but not all of North America's lithics...

Some flints that will not heat treat:

North Dakota
      "Rainy Buttes" Fossil wood
Kentucky
      "Horn stone"
Tennessee
      "Ft. Payne Chert"
      "Dover Chert"
Pa. Ny. Ontario  
      "Onondaga"