Apache Tears

Apache Tears

Apache Tears are obsidian.  Obsidian is volcano glass.  They appear opaque because of the shiny outer surface.  They are are translucent when held up to the light.  They are shaped something like a tear might be imagined to be shaped.

The legend from which they got this name comes from the 1870's.  Apparently, a group of Apache braves were fighting the Calvary which out numbered them.  They rode their ponies off a cliff rather than be killed by the Calvary.  The wives and children of these braves cried upon hearing of their deaths.  The tears they cried turned to obsidian as they fell to the ground.

I really like obsidian for some reason.  It is sometimes used on scalpels used by surgeons.  It can be sharpened to a fine edge.  I understand it is not in wide use because of the expense.

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