Radar Hill / Skull Creek Obsidian












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Color: Radar Hill / Skull Creek Obsidian ranges from a pale green to black with colors of smoky gray, turquoise, silver, orange, blue, and red occurring. 
 
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Radar Hill / Skull Creek Obsidian occurs on Radar Hill and Skull Valley northwest of Burns Oregon extending to twenty miles northwest of Burns, Harney County, Oregon.
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