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Mendoza, Neuquen
Payún Matrú obsidian fields
Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: obsidian, basalt bombs, viewing only.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Volcanic field whose obsidian flows supplied tools across the region for millennia
Documented obsidian source in archaeological and volcanological literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote lava fields
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