Antelope Creek Obsidian
(West)
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color:
Antelope Creek Obsidian. ranges from an opaque black to a translucent
smoky gray with gray banding. Brown and black mahogany also
occurs.
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Antelope Creek Obsidian (west) is associated with the Mule Mountain
Volcanics primarily occurring as marekanites / nodules (up to 10cm)
along west Antelope Creek and into Harden Cienega Creek, New Mexico.
Geochemically different from Antelope Creek Obsidian (east).
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