Cow Creek Obsidian
(Tuscan Volcanic Group)
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color: Cow
Creek Obsidian is banded gray with reddish brown streaks commonly
occurring (mahogany obsidian).
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Cow Creek Obsidian is associated with the Tuscan Colcanics and
occurs as nodules along Cow Creek, Shasta County, California.
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