Color: Cougar
Mountain Obsidian ranges from a "greasy" medium gray to black, occasionally
reddish brown streaking occurs.
Texture: Fine grain
Luster: Waxy to glossy
Translucency: Transparent to translucent
Silica Fabrics / Fossils:
Patina:
Heat Treatment:
Knapping:
Distribution:
Distribution Comments: Cougar Mountain Obsidian occurs as nodules and cobble in a rhyolite matrix
along Cougar Mountain, northern edge of Fort Rock Basin, Lake County,
Oregon.
Projectile point made from this material:
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