Slate Mountain Obsidian
 AKA: Wallace Tank Obsidian











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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Slate Mountain Obsidian is composed of equally amounts of black nodules and black and red mahogany nodules.
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Slate Mountain Obsidian is associated with the San Francisco Volcanics primarily occurs ins nodules and cobbles around Wallace Tank with secondary outcroppings on the rhyolite dome on Slate Mountain in Coconino National Forest, Coconino County, Arizona.
Projectile point made from this material:



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Commonly made projectile point from this material:
Archaeological Context:
Prehistoric quarries are present at the source.
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