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Michoacan, Michoacán

Zinaparo obsidian source

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: obsidian.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Obsidian flows of the Zinaparo-Prieto domes quarried in prehispanic times

Documented source in Mesoamerican obsidian sourcing studies.

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