Antelope Creek Obsidian
(East)
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 (east) associated with the Mule Mountain
Volcanics primarily occurring as marekanites / nodules (up to 10cm) on
east Antelope Creek, New Mexico. Geochemically different from
Antelope Creek Obsidian (west).
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