A little hint for retaining color when using Rainbow Obsidian to make arrowheads… Cut 25 degrees off of the parallel flow lines.
Clint Morrow
Flintknapping for Beginners
PaleomanJim does an awesome job of showing you Flintknapping. Watch all the videos.
Davis Creek Obsidian
What makes Davis Creek, California one of the best places to find Obsidian? Well for one you can find a huge variety of Obsidian there. Within the Warner Mountain Range is where our personal mine is located at the Rainbow Pits.
Varieties of Obsidian:
1. Pink Lady
2. Needles
3. Rainbow
4. Golden Sheen
5. Mahogany
6. Electric Blue
Davis Creek Valley
Rainbow Obsidian..
- Davis Creek Rainbow Obsidian
At Pick and Dig Obsidian Company rainbow obsidian is our life! One of the most beautiful stones in the world is actually volcanic glass. A few facts about Obsidian:
1. This volcanic glass has an almost total absence of sizable mineral crystals within the glass matrix.
2. Obsidian consists of about 70 percent or more non-crystallized silica (silicon dioxide).
3. Obsidian is chemically similar to Rhyolite and Granite which both were originally molten as well.
4. Our Stone Aged ancestors used obsidian extensively for tool making.
