A CLIFF OF CLASS.
One celebrated wonder of the famous , Yellow Stone Park is a cliff of obsidian or natural glass. It runs for half a mile, and varies in height from 150 ft to 200 ft. The quality of the glass is said to be as good as any artificially manufactured. It appears to be a relic of an ancient flow of obsidian from the eastward. At its southern end there are prismatic columns of shining biacic i obsidian of the diameters of several feet. The cliff, as a rule, is of block glass, but it is mottled at places with red, yellow, purple and olive-green glass. In some spots it shows a fine : satin lustre, while iu others it has a golden sheen. The rock is reported to form a beautiful object, with its varied * 1 tints and. forms.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16494, 3 August 1921, Page 6
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141A CLIFF OF CLASS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16494, 3 August 1921, Page 6
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