Fire Obsidian
A variety of Obsidian
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About Fire Obsidian
A variety of Obsidian
An iridescent variety of obsidian. Its 'fire' is caused by thin layers of microcrystals of magnetite (which are approximately the thickness of a wavelength of light) (Ma et al., 2007).
The colour of Rainbow Obsidian occurs from a much thicker volume of the specimen (Nadin, 2007).
An iridescent variety of obsidian. Its 'fire' is caused by thin layers of microcrystals of magnetite (which are approximately the thickness of a wavelength of light) (Ma et al., 2007).
The colour of Rainbow Obsidian occurs from a much thicker volume of the specimen (Nadin, 2007).
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
27236 (as Fire Obsidian)
8519 (as Obsidian)
8519 (as Obsidian)
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:27236:6 (as Fire Obsidian)
mindat:1:1:8519:5 (as Obsidian)
mindat:1:1:8519:5 (as Obsidian)
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
f59e88b1-f4ee-40bc-91ed-f67ab6c2f6be (as Fire Obsidian)
c4a7de53-ce4f-47eb-afa0-8731bb0bec31 (as Obsidian)
c4a7de53-ce4f-47eb-afa0-8731bb0bec31 (as Obsidian)
Other Language Names for Fire Obsidian
German:Feuerobsidian
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
Internet Links for Fire Obsidian
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Localities for Fire Obsidian
Locality List
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? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality.
Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
USA | |
| Ma et al. (2007) |
Glass Buttes, Lake County, Oregon, USA