Chinese
Name:阿帕奇之淚,阿帕契淚石,阿帕契淚黑曜石,冰種黑曜石,忘憂石
English Name:Apache Tears, Apache Tear Obsidian, Ice Type Obsidian
Chemical Composition:Volcanic,
amorphous, siliceous glassy rock
Crystal System:Amorphous
Hardness:5.0–7.0
SG:2.35–2.60
RI:1.48
- 1.51 (SR)
Related Chakra:Root
Locality:Arizona, USA, New Mexico
Colour:Black to Brown
Transparency:Transparent to Translucent
Remarks:The name "Apache tear" comes from a legend of the Apache tribe(An Indian Tribe): about 75 Apaches and the US Cavalry fought on a mountain overlooking what is now Superior, Arizona in the 1870s. Facing defeat, the outnumbered Apache warriors rode their horses off the mountain to their deaths rather than be killed. The wives and families of the warriors cried when they heard of the tragedy; their tears turned into stone upon hitting the ground.
Other types of obsidians including: Rainbow Obsidian / Iridescence Obsidian, Spider Web
Obsidian, Snowflake
Obsidian, Golden Sheen Obsidian, Silver Sheen Obsidian.
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