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Southwest, Arizona
Mule Creek NM
Apache tear obsidian nodules
Mineral locality Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: Apache tears, perlite, banded obsidian.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: perlite hills near the Arizona line shedding smooth obsidian nodules (Apache tears)
documented on two state locality maps for obsidian nodules weathering from the volcanic hills
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remoteLimited services, ranch gates and cattle
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