Dense volcanic glass, usually black in color and rhyolite in composition.
Obsidian with multicolored iridescence caused by inclusions of magnetite...
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Hello guys and gals I recently acquired some artifacts and this was among them. It looks like a broken Celt that was being reduced once again into a useful...Today, 11:25 AM
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