Great South Gems & Minerals

• Sphere Obsidian - Gold Sheen •
(Mexico)

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• Sphere Obsidian - Gold Sheen •
(Mexico)

Obsidian - natural volcanic glass - black obsidian - gold sheen obsidian- snowflake obsidian

These spheres are between 2-1/2" and 3-3/8" in diameter.

Obsidian is a natural volcanic glass. Mostly found in a plain black glass, but occasionally there is the snowflake obsidian, and those with either a gold-like sheen, or a silver-like sheen. Obsidian is an igneous rock, formed by volcanos. It is a melted silica. Hardness 6-1/2.

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Obsidian has been prized for thousands of years by early man for making arrowheads, axes, knives and other useful tools. Today, obsidian is used in making carvings, beads, and semi-precious stones. Obsidian is easily ground and polished and is popular in lapidary work.

See black obsidian specimens.
See gold sheen obsidian specimens.
See gold sheen obsidian eggs.
See mahogany obsidian eggs.
See snowflake obsidian eggs.

For a more complete description of obsidian see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian.
Also see " Apache Tears" Natural glass nodules formed through volcanic activity.

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