Arizona Lithic Material
Name |
Natural |
Non-heat treated points | Heat treated points | Color details | Primary found in: | Associated Formation / Member |
Abique Agate |
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Colors of whites, grays, reds, yellows, oranges, and browns | Possible northwest Arizona | ||
Agate Jasper (Generic Type) |
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Ranges from yellow to brown or green. Part if the material will be banded and be translucent while the remaining material will be mottled and opaque. | Western North America | ||
Agua Prieta Agate |
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Colors of orange, yellow, and red | Southeastern Arizona | ||
Andesite Generic Type |
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North America | Varies | ||
Antique Pink Agate AKA: Bubblegum |
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Pink color. | Southeastern Arizona | ||
Argillite (Generic type) |
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Light to dark green, but may range to various shades of gray | North America | ||
Basalt Generic Type |
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Ranges from black to gray | Western North America | ||
Big River Rainbow Jasper |
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Multi-colored banded jasper | West central Arizona | ||
Bisbee Turquoise |
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Medium blue with chocolate brown mottling and black dendritic inclusions. | Southeastern Arizona | ||
Black Tank Obsidian AKA: Rose Well Obsidian |
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Occurs as black nodules and black and red mahogany obsidian nodules.. | Central Arizona | Mount Floyd Volcanics | |
Bloody Basin Agate |
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Clear matrix with plumes or inclusions of red and yellow. | Central Arizona | ||
Blue Bird Turquoise |
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Dark to medium blue blue color in a white quartz and black and yellow / brown matrix. | Central Arizona | ||
Bolsa Quartzite AKA: Bolza Quartzite (Sonora), Dragoon Quartzite |
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Dark brownish color with lighter bands | Southern Arizona | Bolsa Quartzite Formation | |
Bouse Jasper |
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Primarily a
botryoidal jasper with colors of yellow, orange, and red. |
West central Arizona | ||
Brenda Jasper / Moss Agate |
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Ranges from a orbicular jasper to a jasper agate with colors of rich cherry red to yellow and purple. | West central Arizona | ||
Brushy Basin Chert |
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Banded, white in color with pastel shades of tan, pink, green, and orange with banded or swirls of darker shades of brown, reddish brown, or gray. | Northeastern Arizona | Brushy Basin Member, Morrison Formation |
Brushy Basin Quartzite |
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Northeastern Arizona | Brushy Basin Member, Morrison Formation | ||
Bull Canyon Agate (plume and moss) |
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Course dendritic inclusions and plumes of red, yellow, and green in a clear matrix. | West central Arizona | ||
Bull Creek Obsidian |
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Black with few to absent phenocysts and black banding occasionally present. | West central Arizona | Kaiser Spring Volcanics | |
Burro Creek Agate |
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Matrix ranging from a light purple to blue or white with dendritic inclusions of brown and yellow. | West central Arizona | ||
Burro Creek Jasper |
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Multi-colored dendritic jasper with background of white to tan with shades of pink, red, and yellow. | West central Arizona | ||
Burro Creek Obsidian |
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Ranges from most commonly an opaque brownish gray to a less common translucent cloudy brown. | West central Arizona | Kaiser Spring Volcanics | |
Burro Creek Sagenitic Agate |
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Primarily a red vein agate with needles of white and yellow.. | West central Arizona | ||
Carnelian (Generic Type) |
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Translucent and varies in shades from reddish brown to reddish orange. | North America | Varies | |
Castle Dome Turquoise AKA: Pinto Valley Turquoise |
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Ranges from a baby blue to green | South central Arizona | ||
Cave Creek Jasper |
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Mottled reddish or yellowish color | South central Arizona | ||
Cedar Mesa Chert |
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Red and white. | North central Arizona | Cedar Mesa Sandstone Member of the Cutler Formation | |
Chuska Mountain Chert AKA: Washington Pass, Narbona Pass, Paleo Pink Chert |
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Ranges from shades of pink to reddish orange, but can occur in banded gray, pink, and blue or banded gray and cream. | Northeastern Arizona | ||
Clifton Fire Agate |
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Purple color | Southeastern Arizona | ||
Coronado Quartzite |
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Ranges from brown to pink or maroon | Southeastern Arizona | Coronado Quartzite Formation | |
Cow Canyon Obsidian |
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Brownish green with thin banding occasionally occurring. The cortex is a grayish black. | Southeastern Arizona | Mogollom - Datil Volcanics | |
Cuesta Fire Agate |
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Northwestern Arizona | |||
Dacite Generic Type |
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Most commonly a light to dark gray or black | Western North America | Varies | |
Deadmans Mesa Obsidian |
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Two varieties, the first one is a granular dark gray with brick red flow present, second ranges from a granular dark gray to black. | North central Arizona | San Francisco Volcanics | |
Deer Creek Fire Agate |
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Ranges from colors of reds, yellows, greens, and blues. | Southeastern Arizona | ||
Dripping Springs Quartzite |
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Purplish in color | Southern Arizona | Dripping Springs Quartzite Formation | |
Duncan Obsidian |
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Smoky gray | Southeastern Arizona | Ash Peak Volcanics | |
Escabrosa Chert |
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Ranges from a light to dark gray. | Southeastern Arizona | Keating Member of the Escabrosa Limestone Formation | |
Escudilla Agate / Carnelian AKA: Escudillo Agate |
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Banded or mottled with colors of blue, gray, and black. | Eastern central Arizona | ||
Government Mountain Obsidian |
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Ranges from a lighter gray to cloudy gray or black with microphenocrysts of feldspar and iron oxide are present. | North central Arizona | San Francisco Volcanics | |
Hidden Canyon Jasper |
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Northwestern Arizona | Wescogame Formation | ||
Ithaca Peak Turquoise |
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Medium blue with mottling of black and golden or yellow and silver (pyrite) inclusions. | Northwestern Arizona | ||
Kiabab Chert |
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Mottled with whites, light browns, tans, and light grays with a brown cortex | Northwestern Arizona | Kiabab Limestone Formation |
Kendrick Peak Obsidian |
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Ranges from a grayish black to black with abundant phenocrysyst thin flakes show the common San Francisco Volcanics cloudy gray color. | North central Arizona | San Francisco Volcanics | |
Kingman Turquoise |
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Medium blue with yellow, golden, browns, and black mottling. | Northwestern Arizona | ||
Los
Sitios del Agua Obsidian AKA: AZ Unknown A, Kate's Green Obsidian |
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Ranges from a light gray to black a jade green also occurring. | Southwestern Arizona | Sierra Panacate Volcanics | |
Los Vidrios Obsidian |
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Homogenous opaque black with no banding or lighter shades. The cortex ranges from a brown to gray. | Southwestern Arizona | Sierra Pinacate Volcanics | |
Mazatzal Argillite |
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Ranges from an orange to orangish red with tan inclusions | Central Arizona | Mazatzal Quartzite Formation | |
Mazatzal Quartzite |
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Ranges from light brown to gray | Central Arizona | Mazatzal Quartzite Formation | |
Morenci Turquoise |
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Ranges from a dark to light blue. splotches of silver or gray occurs as a breccia. Quartz inclusions may be present. | Southeastern Arizona | ||
Mushroom Jasper |
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Colors of most commonly grays with greens, reds, and yellows also occurring. The outer cortex is rhyolite | Southwestern Arizona | ||
Nazlini Petrified Wood |
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Shades of browns, yellows, reds, orange, and white with wood rings or grain present. | Northeastern Arizona | ||
New River Jasper |
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Central Arizona | |||
Nugget Sandstone |
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Ranges from buff to pink | Northwestern Arizona | Chug Water Formation | |
Obsidian AKA: Volcanic Glass (Generic type) |
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Black to black with bands of dark reds (mahogany obsidian) or white flakes (snowflake obsidian) | Western North America | Volcanic | |
Old Paria Petrified Wood AKA: Paria Petrified Wood |
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Shades of gray, brown, black, white, and pink with wood grain and rings present. | Northwestern Arizona | ||
O'Leary Peak Obsidian AKA: Robinson Crater Obsidian |
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Glassy grayish black highly vitrophyric rhyodacite with abundant phenocrysts. . | North central Arizona | San Francisco Volcanics | |
Owl Rock Chert |
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Northeastern Arizona | Owl Rock Member of the Chinle Formation | |
Partridge Creek Obsidian AKA: Round Mountain Obsidian |
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Black with cloudy gray banding infrequently occurring. Cortex varies from a thin grayish black to a brownish black | Northwestern Arizona | Mount Floyd Volcanics | |
Perkinsville Agate |
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Multi-colored with shades of pink, yellow, red, purple, and white. | Central Arizona | ||
Petrified Wood AKA: Agatized Wood, Opalized Wood |
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Vary in color based on the minerals present during the process | North America | Varies | |
Plomosa Mountain Jasper |
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Colors of orange, red, and green. Jasper agate also occurs. | Southwestern Arizona | ||
Presley Wash Obsidian |
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Occurs in two variations. The first is a glassy gray to black and the second is a sub-vitreous rhyolitic gray to grayish green or black. | Northwestern Arizona | Mount Floyd Volcanics | |
Purple Passion Agate |
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Shades of lavender with a rhyolite cortex. | West central Arizona | ||
Rabbit Ranch Agate |
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Black | South central Arizona | ||
Rainbow Gardens Chert |
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Ranges from a dark green to black and white. | Northwestern Arizona | Rainbow Gardens Member of the Horse Spring Formation |
Redwall Chert |
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Red | Northwestern Arizona | Redwall Limestone Formation |
Rhyolite (Generic Type) |
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Gray to grayish black, flow banding may be present alternating from light to darker gray | North America | Volcanic Activity | |
Round Mountain Fire Agate |
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Shades of brown and white | Northwestern Arizona | ||
RS Hill Obsidian |
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Ranges from a dark gray to black with infrequent feldspar phenocrysts.. | North central Arizona | San Francisco Volcanics | |
Saddle Mountain Agate / Carnelian, Petrified Wood |
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Brown and white banded agate with red and clear marking present. Fire agate also occurs. | Southwestern Arizona | ||
Safford Fire Agate |
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Shades of white and brown. | Southeastern Arizona | ||
San Francisco
Peak Obsidian (Fremont / Agassiz Saddle) |
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Grayish black and extremely vitrophyric with abundant feldspar phenocrysts and inter-banded with ash. | North central Arizona | San Francisco Volcanics | |
San Tank Obsidian |
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Black with few to absent phenocysts and black banding occasionally present.. | South central Arizona | Sauceda Volcanics | |
Shinrump Chert |
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Ranges from gray to white. | Northeastern Arizona | Shinarump Conglomerate Member of the Chinle Formation | |
Shinarump Quartzite |
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Black and red | Northeastern Arizona | Shinarump Conglomerate Member of the Chinle Formation | |
Sitgreaves Mountain Obsidian |
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Cloudy gray with banding or patterns commonly present. The cortex is a tan to brown. | North central Arizona | San Francisco Volcanics | |
Slate Mountain Obsidian AKA: Wallace Tank Obsidian |
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Composed of equally amounts of black nodules and black and red mahogany nodules.. | South central Arizona | San Francisco Volcanics | |
Sleeping Beauty Turquoise |
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Light blue color. | Southeastern Arizona | ||
South Sauceda Mountains Obsidian |
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Ranges from greenish brown to a black. Green with black banded and light gray with black banding also occurs. | Southwestern Arizona | Sauceda Volcanica | |
St. John's Flower Agate |
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Ranges from a white to blue matrix with dendritic plumes or flower inclusions of red, yellow, purple, brown or black. | Eastern central Arizona | ||
Superior Obsidian AKA: Picketpost Obsidian |
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Transparent brown with banding occurring. | South central Arizona | ||
Summerville Chert |
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Two variations. One is black chert and the other is a white or red opalitic chert. | Northeastern Arizona | Summerville Formation |
Tank Mountain Obsidian |
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Black with few to absent phenocysts and black banding occasionally present.. | Southwestern Arizona | ||
Topaz Basin Obsidian |
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Transparent smoky gray with banding and clouding rare. | Central Arizona | ||
Troy Quartzite |
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Ranges from unevenly colors of pink to green. | Southeastern Arizona | Troy Quartzite Formation | |
Tuff AKA: Solidified Volcanic Ash |
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Contains greater than 75 volcanic ash and ranges from white to tan, gray or pink. | North America | Volcanic activity | |
Turquoise Mountain Turquoise AKA: Birdseye Turquoise |
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Ranges from a light blue to a medium blue with black, brown, or yellowish brown mottling and darker blue circles | Northwestern Arizona | ||
Vulture Obsidian |
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Greenish
brown with banding or clouding occurring and rarely greenish and black
banding present. |
Southwestern Arizona | ||
Watahomigi Chert AKA: Supai Chert, Watahomigi Jasper |
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Shades of medium to dark red or purple and grays with white quartzite veins commonly present. | Northwestern Arizona | Watahomigi Formation of the Supai Group |
Woodruff Petrified Wood |
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Shades of red, orange, pink, yellow, tan, brown, and white with wood grain or rings present. | Eastern central Arizona | ||
Zebra
Stone AKA: Zebra Chert, Zebra Jasper |
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Ranges from black to brown with tan banding. | South central Arizona |