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Sierra de las Navajas obsidian, Hidalgo

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Quaternary rhyolitic volcanism

Pre-Columbian obsidian source famous for golden/rainbow sheen.

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