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Kotayk

Hatis obsidian dome

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: obsidian, mahogany obsidian, perlite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Quaternary dome on the Gegham margin strewn with black and mahogany obsidian

Hatis is a characterized source in Armenian obsidian provenance studies.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

loose blocky slopes

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