Puu Waawaa, Island of Hawaii - the only source of obsidian in the state (photo by C. E. Skinner) Hawaii Obsidian Sources SOURCE NAME: Most commonly-used source name for the geochemical source OTHER NAMES: Alternate names or names of source outcrops belonging to same geochemical source group Click on active SOURCE NAME links below for additional available information Click HERE for the U. S. obsidian reference list (PDF) SOURCE NAME (CHEMICAL GROUP) OTHER NAME(S) Puu Waawaa Puuwaawaa Puu Waawaa Pu`u Wa`awa`a Back to U. S. OBSIDIAN SOURCE CATALOG HOME PAGE Back to NORTHWEST RESEARCH OBSIDIAN STUDIES LABORATORY Last Updated: 01/22/2010