Apache Tears

I was going through my rock collection the other day and came across a bag of Apache Tears.  Apache tears are obsidian rocks (volcanic rocks).  They are black and can be shiny when polished.  The name comes from the legend of about 75 Paleo-Native Americans who were fighting the US Calvary that chose to ride over a mountain cliff rather than surrender.

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By Rita Jean Moran (www.thelibrarykids.com)

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_tears

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geronimo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Goyaale.jpg