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JoJoDapyro:
I am sure he has showed me this before, I just never took it to be anything special until I understood how difficult making points really is. The photo doesn't show color, but it is almost purple. I am sure that people don't find them like this due to the size.

JackCrafty:
They call those "Desert side notched" or "Pueblo side notched".  They are true arrowheads and yes, they are sometimes really small.  That one looks like obsidian, as stated already.  Probably from the late prehistoric period (after AD 1000) when most arrowheads from that area (AZ and UT) tended to get smaller and more triangular (straight sides and base).

The more I look at it, the more it looks like the base may have snapped off and there may have been two notches on each side.  Does it look broken at the base?

JW_Halverson:
Maybe I missed it, but was the pen obsidian, too?

I know there are obsidian sources in the southwest part of Utah (particularly down around Blackrock, Utah, of all places) but are there other places around there where it could be found?

JoJoDapyro:
I have never seen obsidian in southern Utah, but I have never looked either. It looks almost purple in color, and I didn't really get a good look at the base. I will on Monday when I am back to work. No, the pen is plastic.

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