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rainbow obsidian
PrimitiveTim:
If he got it from the mine that I was just at then most pieces will not have color in it. The most important thing is to break it parallel with the stripes and do it in the sun. When I was getting mine I broke open every piece and made sure there was a color and threw the gray pieces that had no color back. Now some of the gray stuff will have color in it but I feel like it's the darker gray that has the best color.
PeteDavis:
It is probably from the Davis Creek mine in NE California. There are a good number of commercial USFS claims there-and personal use is allowed by the agency but at a lower scale than by the miners. I get this stuff from Quinn Street. He sells under "Volcanic Trasures" on Ebay. There is no shortage of this material but, the better grades get slabbed and sold for higher prices or knapped out by the folks that have it. The colorful stuff usually starts at $5 per pound in the lower grades and goes up from there. Happy Knapping-PD
caveman2533:
yes if you can spall it parallel to the stripes or nearly so. it will show the most color.
Zuma:
Well Peter,
That rock has to be $5 plus 8)
Zuma
Oh the flakin ain't to bad either >:D
PeteDavis:
No trick too cheap for the guitarist.
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