Can we talk about people calling every shiny black rock obsidian?

I was at a rock swap in Tucson last weekend and saw at least five different tables selling slag glass as 'rare volcanic obsidian' for $20 a piece. It matters because new collectors are getting ripped off and it muddies the real market. How do you even start to explain conchoidal fracture to someone who just got burned?

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