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Oregon
Glass Buttes obsidian, Oregon
Mineral locality Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: Rainbow, mahogany, snowflake and double-flow obsidian on BLM ground.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Miocene rhyolite
Premier US obsidian collecting area.
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