Obsidian is a common stone used to create blades, scrappers, and projectile points. If cut at the correct angle, an obsidian's edge can become sharper than that of a surgeon's scalpel. This made obsidian useful in the making of arrowheads, spear points, and knife blades. Besides being good as a weapon, obsidian was also used to create small carvings and decorative beads.
Obsidian is often mistaken for as flint, but obsidian is a nautrally occuring glass that is created through volcanic activity compared to flint which is formed through chamical changes in sedimentary rock formations. Since obsidian is a form of glass, it is naturally shiny and can be polished to become even more shiny. Obsidian is actually softer than quartz. In can range from a gray to black in color. This is due to the traces of iron and magnesium that are within the stone itself.
The story of the Apache begins with when the Apaches rode free across thje valleys and mountains of the Southwestern States in America. The land they rode on related to them, rough yet noble. The mountains that surrounded the desert lands protected the Apache from enemies. But, when settlers came in search of metals within the mountains which the Apache resided in, their livelyhood was destroyed. The Apaches fought hard to protecr their home and families. Apache warriors used different tatics which worked for a while until the settlers sent out a cavalry in which a group of seventy-five Apache warriors chased after the settlers. The warriors however were tricked and were drove off the face of the mountain and pummeted to their death. Once the Apache women and children discovered that their loved ones had passed, they let out tears. As their tears hit the ground they turned into black stone. That black stone is now known as the Apache Tear.
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