McKay Butte Obsidian

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Color: McKay Butte Obsidian is is a dark bluish gray with streaking commonly occurring.

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McKay Butte Obsidian occurs on the McKay Butte, the western side of the Newberry caldera, 5 miles west of Paulina Lake, Deschutes County, Oregon.

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