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Obsidian

Antarctica expedition GANOVEX III

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Melbourne, Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

A sample of dark green-brown to black obsidian with white inclusions from the Mt. Melbourne volcano - very rare locality.

The specimen was found during the third german antarctica expedition GANOVEX III 1982/83

Obsidian from this locality is surely lacking in most collections.

Ex collection Dipl.Min. Ulrich Vetter, Hannover - mineralogist of this expedition

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