Oregon Lithic Material
Name | Natural | Non-heat treated points | Heat treated points | Color details | Primary found in: | Associated Formation / Member |
Agate Jasper |
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Ranges from yellow to brown or green. Part if the material will be banded and be translucent while the remaining material will be mottled and opaque. | Oregon | ||
Andesite Generic Type |
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Oregon | Varies | ||
Baird Chert |
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Light gray | Southwestern Oregon | Baird Limestone Formation |
Basalt |
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Ranges from black to gray | Oregon | Volcanic | |
Bat Cave Jasper AKA: Rim Jasper |
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Dense banded high quality jasper with colors of light to dark brown, tans, and black. Light blue, reds, and greenish yellow may occur | Central Oregon | ||
Bear Creek Moss Agate AKA: Bear Creek Plume Agate |
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Mottled clear to light gray or light blue matrix with inclusions of red, yellow, or brown or white plumes. | Central Oregon | ||
Beatys Butte Obsidian |
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Ranges from a dark gray to black with reddish brown streaking and patches occurring. | Southeastern Oregon | |||
Belverdere Jasper AKA: Belvade Jasper |
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Colors of greens, yellows, reds, oranges, and grays | Southeastern Oregon | ||
Big Obsidian Flow
Obsidian AKA: Buried Obsidian Flow Obsidian |
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Black with dark gray banding with small phenocrysts occasionally occurring. | Central Oregon | ||
Big Stick Obsidian |
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Black | Central Oregon | ||
Blackjack Basalt |
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Dark gray when freshly fractured weathering black, brown, and red. | East central Oregon | Blackjack Basalt Member of the Payette Formation | |
Blue Chert |
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Ranges from blue to greenish blue with white veins commonly present. | Southwestern Oregon | |
Blue Mountain Jasper |
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Colors of blue, green, and olive orbs. | Southeastern Oregon | ||
Briggs Jasper AKA: China Hollow Jasper, Dolphite Jasper |
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Primarily brown with light to dark brown, yellow, tan, blue, or grayish brown "landscaping" patterns or lines bands and arcs. | North central Oregon | John Day Formation | |
Broken Top Obsidian |
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Primarily black, but ranges to varicolored with streaks. | East central Oregon | ||
Brooks Canyon Obsidian |
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Black | South central Oregon | ||
Buck Springs
Obsidian AKA: See page for list |
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Black | East central Oregon | ||
Buena Vista Overlook Obsidian |
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Black | Southeastern Oregon | ||
Burns Butte Obsidian |
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Ranges from black to a light to medium grayish green. Darker banding may be present. | Southeastern Oregon | ||
Butte Creek Obsidian |
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Black | Northwestern Oregon | ||
Carlon Obsidian AKA: Bald Butte Obsidian |
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Black | Central Oregon | ||
Carver Flow Obsidian AKA: : Demaris Lake, Ludwig Quarry, Squaw Creek. |
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Ranges from a dark gray to black with abundant small phenocrysts | Central Oregon | ||
Carnelian Generic Type |
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Translucent and varies in shades from reddish brown to reddish orange. | Oregon | Varies | |
Chandler Mountain Carnelian |
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Ranges from red to orange or yellowish orange. Banding may be present. | Northwestern Oregon | ||
Chickahominy Obsidian |
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Black | East central Oregon | ||
Chicken Track Jasper |
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Shades of brown, blue, and white | Southeastern Oregon | ||
China Hat Obsidian |
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Ranges from gray to black. | Central Oregon | ||
Clackamas River
Obsidian AKA: Mill Creek Buttes Obsidian |
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Black | Northwestern Oregon | ||
Cleetwood Obsidian |
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Black with reddish brown streaking and patches | Southwestern Oregon | ||
Coglan Buttes Obsidian |
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Black | South central Oregon | ||
Colebrooke Metachert |
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Southwestern Oregon | Colebrook Formation | ||
Condrey Mountain Quartzite / Chert |
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Gray recrystallized chert forming a "sugar quartz" | Southwestern Oregon | Condrey Mountain Formation | |
Cougar Mountain Obsidian |
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Ranges from a medium gray to black, occasionally reddish brown streaking occurs. | West central Oregon | ||
Coyote Butte Argillaceous Wackestone |
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Yellowish Tan | Northwestern Oregon | Coyote Butte Formation | |
Coyote Butte Chert |
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Ranges
from gray to black with translucent patches. |
Northwestern Oregon | Coyote Butte Limestone Formation | |
Coyote Wells
Obsidian AKA: Buckboard Reservoir Obsidian, Mesa Reservoir Obsidian |
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Black | East central Oregon | ||
Crater Lake Flower Jasper |
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Bright red or yellow plumes in a clear to milky white or bluish white matrix | Southwestern Oregon | ||
Crooked River
Moss Agate / Carnelian AKA: Eagle Point Agate |
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Light gray banded chalcedony with brown dendritic inclusions or limbcasts. Carnelian is delicate colors. Eagle Point agate is red and black. | Northwestern Oregon | ||
Curtis Creek Obsidian |
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Black | East central Oregon | ||
Dacite Generic Type |
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Most commonly a light to dark gray or black | Oregon | Varies |
Deer Creek Obsidian AKA: Burnt Butte Obsidian |
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Black | Central Oregon | ||
Delintment Lake
Obsidian AKA: Holmes Canyon, Wright's Point Obsidian |
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Black | Central Oregon | ||
Deschutes Jasper AKA: Dechutes Canyon Jasper |
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Brown tones, but has tight banding not forming "landscape" patterns | North central Oregon | ||
Devils Hill Obsidian |
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Ranges from a dark gray to black commonly with fine banding and spherulitic. | Central Oregon | ||
Devils Point Obsidian |
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Black | Northwestern Oregon | ||
Disaster Peak Jasper |
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Shaded of brown and tan with darker banding commonly forming "landscapes". | Southeastern Oregon | ||
Double O Obsidian |
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Black | East central Oregon | ||
Drews Valley
Ranch Obsidian AKA: Drews Creek, Drews Reservoir Obsidian |
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Ranges from a light to dark gray or black. | South central Oregon | ||
Eagle Point Carnelian / Moss Agate |
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Carnelian is a salmon color and the moss agate has a light white or gray matrix with black dendritic inclusions. | Southwestern Oregon | ||
Eagle Rock Plume Agate |
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Colors or plumes of blue, pink, red, brown and black, commonly has a gray matrix. | Central Oregon | ||
East Butte Obsidian |
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Black | Central Oregon | ||
East Lake Obsidian |
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Ranges from dark gray to black with gray and colorless banding with small rod shaped crystallites and small grains of magnetite, feldspar, and microlites. | Central Oregon | ||
Elkhorn Ridge Argillite AKA: Haida Stone |
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Ranges from a light gray to a dark or greenish gray. | West central Oregon | Elkhorn Formation | |
Enhydro Agate |
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Varies in color, but has tiny air bubbles inside the material. | Oregon | ||
Frieda Agate |
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Banded and ranges from colors of gray to white with green chlorite between the matrix and cortex. | North central Oregon | ||
Glass Buttes Obsidian AKA: Aurora Borealis Obsidian, Rainbow Obsidian, Northern Lights Obsidian |
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Banded with colors of black, and grays most commonly but may have bands of greens and purples. | South central Oregon | ||
Grassy Mountain Petrified Wood |
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Colors of tan, brown, red blue and white with wood grain and rings commonly present. | Southeastern Oregon | ||
Graveyard Point Plume Agate |
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Plume agate with colors of red, yellow, and brown with a matrix of white to a bluish or grayish white. | Idaho, Oregon | ||
Gregory Creek Obsidian AKA: Jonesboro, Sugar Butte Obsidian |
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Black | East central Oregon | ||
Guyer Creek Obsidian |
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Black | Southwestern Oregon | ||
Hager Mountain
Obsidian AKA: Auger Creek Obsidian |
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Black | South central Oregon | ||
Hampton Butte Jasper |
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Layered with colors of tans, reds, browns, and light bluish greens. | Central Oregon | ||
Hampton Butte Petrified Wood |
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Shades of light to dark bluish green, gray, tans, yellows, reds, and white. | Central Oregon | ||
Hampton Butte Obsidian |
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Black with a sheen of blue and green occurring | Central Oregon | ||
Harney Lake Chert AKA: Malheur Chert, Mud Lake Chert |
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Brownish red | Southeastern Oregon | Harney Formation | |
Hart Mountain Jasper |
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Colors of light to medium greenish gray, shades of pink to red, tannish or golden yellow to orange. | South central Oregon | ||
Hart Mountain
Obsidian AKA: Deer Creek Obsidian |
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Black | South central Oregon | ||
Hawks Valley Obsidian |
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Black | Southeastern Oregon | ||
Hell's Canyon Agate / Petrified Wood AKA: Herringbone |
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Agate has colors of brown, blue, gray, and green. Hells Canyon Petrified Wood is a light tan with darker brown wood grain or rings. | Northeastern Oregon | ||
Hawks Valley Obsidian |
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Black | Southeastern Oregon | ||
Hidden Valley Jasper |
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Shades of red, brownish yellow, and white | Southeastern Oregon | ||
Holley (Holly) Blue Agate AKA: Ames Creek, Calapoola Purple, Sweet Home Agate |
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Varying shades of blue, light shades of purple or lavender may be seen. | West central Oregon | ||
Holleywood Ranch Petrified Wood |
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Shades of tans, browns, and black with wood rings and grain present. | West Central Oregon | ||
Hoodoo Petrified Wood AKA: Hoodoo Creek Petrified Wood |
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Shades of reds, orange, tans and white with wood grain and rings present.. | Northeastern Oregon | Hoodoo Formation | |
Horse Heaven Hills Wood |
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Shades of white, tans, and browns with wood grain and rings present. | Central Oregon | ||
Horse Mountain
Obsidian AKA: Alkali Lake Obsidian, Poverty Basin Obsidian |
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Black | Central Oregon | ||
Indian Creek
Obsidian AKA: Dooly Mountain Obsidian, Wallowa Obsidian |
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Black | Northeastern Oregon | ||
Inman Creek Obsidian See list |
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Black | Western Oregon | ||
Interlake Obsidian |
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Medium gray to black | Central Oregon | ||
Juniper Butte Plume Agate |
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Has brushes and plumes of black, brown, and red. | Central Oregon | ||
Little Garden Obsidian |
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Black | Central Oregon | ||
Llao Obsidian |
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Black with reddish brown or a chocolate brown streaking and banding commonly occurring | Southwestern Oregon | ||
Lowell Vitrophyre AKA: Upper Winberry Creek Vitrophyre |
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Obsidian like glossy black | West central Oregon | ||
Lucky Strike Agate |
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Matrix that ranges from a translucent white to light gray or brown with inclusion of white, pink, yellow, black, and green. | North central Oregon | ||
Marston Jasper AKA: Christmas Agate |
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Brecciated or mottled with colors of red, green, yellow, and white. | North central Oregon | ||
Marston Petrified Wood |
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Jasper replaced wood with colors of red, yellow, brown and white. Wood grain and partial rings are present. | North central Oregon | ||
Massacre Lake /
Guano Valley Obsidian AKA: See list |
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Black | Nevada, Oregon | ||
Maury Mountain Moss Agate / Jasper |
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Translucent grayish white matrix with very dense dendritic inclusion of green to brown, yellow, or rarely red. | Southeastern Oregon | ||
McComb Butte Obsidian |
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Black | Central Oregon | ||
McDermitt Jasper AKA: Gary Green Jasper |
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Scenic jasper with shades of blue, brown and white | Southeastern Oregon | ||
McDermitt Petrified Wood |
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Shades of dark brown with a white cortex. Wood grains and rings are present. | Southeastern Oregon | ||
McKay Butte Obsidian |
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Dark bluish gray with streaking commonly occurring. | Central Oregon | ||
Mohawk Jasper |
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Primarily green with shades of red, yellow, and white commonly present. | West central Oregon | ||
Morrisonite AKA: Morrison Jasper, Carrisite Jasper |
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Commonly brecciated with colors of green, red, yellow, blue, white, and black. | Southeastern Oregon | ||
Negro Rock Petrified Wood |
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Newberry Obsidian |
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Ranges from a dark gray to black with banding and phenocysts and small gains of magnetite, felspar, and microliotes occurring. | Central Oregon | ||
Obsidian AKA: Volcanic Glass |
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Black to black with bands of dark reds (mahogany obsidian) or white flakes (snowflake obsidian) | Oregon | Volcanic | |
Obsidian Cliffs
Obsidian AKA: North Sisters, Obsidian Ridge, Three Sisters Obsidian |
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Ranges from a pale gray to black | Northwestern Oregon | ||
Ochoco Agate |
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Light pea green to olive green matrix with darker inclusions. | Central Oregon | ||
Ochoco Carnilian |
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Ranges from pink to dark red | Central Oregon | ||
Ochoco Chalcedony |
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White tubes and eyes in a clear to gray chalcedony matrix |
Central Oregon | ||
Ochoco Brilliant Jasper |
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Ranges in shades of red, yellow, and brown with a brilliant luster. | Central Oregon | ||
Opal Butte Jasper |
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Shades of yellow, browns, and reds and commonly had seams and inclusions of translucent gray chalcedony. | North central Oregon | ||
.Owyhee Jasper AKA: Antelope Jasper |
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Scenic jasper with colors of brown, tan and cream. Colors of reds, blues, and greens may also occur | Southeastern Oregon | ||
Owyhee Obsidian AKA: Brown's Castle Obsidian, Oreana Obsidian, Toy Pass Obsidian |
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Primarily black reddish brown patches and streaking may occur | Southeastern Oregon | ||
Paiute Moss Agate |
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Black and white to light yellow dendritic inclusions in a matrix that is nearly opaque. | East central Oregon | ||
Palomino Picture Jasper |
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Colors of brown, cream, and tan with sky blue inclusions. Reds may
occur. |
Southeastern Oregon | ||
Paulina Lake Obsidian |
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Black with banding commonly occurring. | Central Oregon | ||
Paulina Peak Obsidian |
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Almost colorless with very small microlites. | Central Oregon | ||
Petrified Wood AKA: Agatized Wood, Opalized Wood |
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Vary in color based on the minerals present during the process | Oregon | Varies | |
Polka Dot Agate |
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Matrix white to blue and light beige to brown with spherical inclusions of white, red, orange, brown, or black. | North central Oregon | ||
Powell Butte Agate |
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Clear to red or yellow translucent matrix with black or black to yellow plumes. | Central Oregon | ||
Priday Agate |
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Matrix white to blue or light beige with patches of brown and dendritic plumes and moss occurring | North central Oregon | John Day Formation | |
Quartz Mountain Obsidian |
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Black | Central Oregon | ||
Radar Hill / Skull Creek Obsidian |
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Ranges from a pale green to black with colors of smoky gray, turquoise,
silver, orange, blue, and red occurring. |
Southeastern Oregon | ||
Rhyolite |
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Gray to grayish black, flow banding may be present alternating from light to darker gray | Oregon | Volcanic Activity | |
Riley Obsidian |
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Black | East central Oregon | ||
Rock Mesa Obsidian AKA: South Sisters Obsidian |
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Black | Northwestern Oregon | ||
Rocky Butte Jasper |
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Shades of brown, tans, pink, yellow, blue, and green | Northwestern Oregon | ||
Rogers Mountain Petrified Wood |
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Outer cortex of white with white to tan along the outer edges and a darker center ranging from gray to black. Wood grain and rings are present. | Northwestern Oregon | ||
Roosevelt Petrified Wood |
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White outer cortex with shades of white, tan and brown. Wood rings and grains are present. | Washington, Oregon | ||
Shasta Valley Agate |
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Ranges from a pure milky white to a rich cream color | Oregon | ||
Sheep Creek Moss Agate |
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Opaque white matrix with dendritic inclusions and plumes. | Central Oregon | ||
Silver Lake / Sycan
Marsh Obsidian AKA: Carlon Ranch, Long Creek Obsidian |
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Two types, the first is a glossy black and the other is a rough tar-like luster gray to black. | South central Oregon | ||
Skaggs Green Jasper |
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Ranges from a bluish green to green | Oregon | ||
Spodue Mountain
Obsidian' AKA: Black Hills, West Horton Obsidian |
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Black | South central Oregon | ||
Spotted Ridge Chert |
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Radiolarian chert with colors of black, green, and red. | Oregon | Spotted Ridge Formation |
Spring Mountain Jasper |
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Colors of brown, yellowish brown, blue and green and commonly has scenic patterns or color illustrations. | East central Oregon | ||
Squaw Butte Obsidian |
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Black | Southeastern Oregon | ||
Squaw Ridge Obsidian AKA: Button Springs, Fort Rock, Hooda Ridge Obsidian |
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Black with closely spaced sperulites | Central Oregon | ||
Stinkingwater Agate |
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Transparent white to bluish white matrix with darker colored plumes. | East central Oregon | ||
Stinkingwater Jasper |
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Shades of yellow, orange, red, and green. | East central Oregon | ||
Stinkingwater Petrified Wood |
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Primarily Golden Oak and has a lighter cortex and edges with shades of white tan and brown in the interior. Wood rings and grain is present. | East central Oregon | ||
Succor Creek Agate |
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Transparent white to bluish white matrix with darker colors of red, brown and black occurring towards the exterior. | East central Oregon | ||
Succor Creek Jasper AKA: Qwyhee Jasper |
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Scenic jasper with colors of tan, brown and blue | East central Oregon | ||
Sunflower Flat Agate AKA: Sunset Agate / Jasper |
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Red and yellow
jasper
agate. Commonly has a translucent matrix with yellow, brown, or red
streaks with yellow splotches. |
Northwestern Oregon | ||
Surveyor Springs
Obsidian AKA: Rock Creek, Twelvemile Canyon Obsidian |
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Black | South central Oregon | ||
Swartz Canyon Petrified Wood |
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White cortex with shades of white, tan, brown, gray, and black in the interior. Wood grain and rings are present. | Central Oregon | ||
Tucker Hill Obsidian |
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Black | South central Oregon | ||
Tuff AKA: Solidified Volcanic Ash |
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Contains greater than 75 volcanic ash and ranges from white to tan, gray or pink. | Oregon | Volcanic activity | |
Venator Obsidian AKA: Horseshoe Bend, Shumway Ridge Obsidian |
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Black | East central Oregon | ||
Wagontire Obsidian |
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Black | East central Oregon | ||
Wascoite Jasper AKA: Bedded Japser, Wasco Lake Bed Agate |
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Mottled or banded yellow, pinks, brown and white, concentric red banding may be present. | North central Oregon | ||
Wasco Agate |
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Colors of tan, white, and red. | Oregon | ||
Whitehorse Obsidian |
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Ranges from black to gray or with a brownish green tint. | Southeastern Oregon | ||
Whitewater Ridge
Obsidian AKA: Bear Valley, Foster Springs, Little Bear Creek Obsidian |
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Black | Northwestern Oregon | ||
Wildhorse Jasper |
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Scenic jasper with colors of brown, tan, and blue. | Northeastern Oregon | ||
Winter Ridge
Obsidian AKA: White Rock Obsidian |
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Black | South central Oregon | ||
Witham Creek
Obsidian AKA: School Creek Obsidian |
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Black | Central Oregon | ||
Yamsay Obsidian |
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Black with faint banding | South central Oregon | ||
Yreka Butte Obsidian |
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Black | Central Oregon |