Queen Valley Obsidian
 AKA: Fish Lake Valley Obsidian











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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color: Queen Valley Obsidian is black.
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Translucency:

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Queen Valley Obsidian occurs as float thought to be from the Truman Meadows / Canyon source in Queen Valley in Mineral County, Nevada and Mono County, California and into Fish Lake Valley in Nevada.  Almost identical in trace elements to the Silverpeak source with the exception of an inverse Fe / Mg values which also occurs in Fish Lake Valley.  The source for this obsidian is Truman Meadows in Mono County, California.
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