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Obsidian

German Antarctica expedition GANOVEX III

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Melbourne, Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 2 cm
Description

Dark brown to black obsidian with white inclusions and adhesions of grey basalt from the Mt. Melbourne volcano.

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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