Obsidian Hydration Services

Willamette Analytics specializes in obsidian hydration analysis of artifact obsidian in the context of archaeological research. The obsidian hydration laboratory is equipped with a two petrographic microscopes: an Olympus BHT petrographic microscope fitted with a video micrometer unit and digital imaging video camera, and a Meiji MT9200 petrographic microscope and Meiji HD1500MET digital camera system utilizing Capture2.3 software.


Project Details

Each project is returned with an electronic report and detailed data tables (suitable for use as a standalone appendix).

Also included is a spreadsheet with all analytical reports, graphics files of any figures that appear in the report, and a copy of any Adobe Acrobat files that were produced as part of a project.

Standard shipping (UPS, FedEx, or Certified/Delivery Confirmation mail) of artifacts and results is included with all projects.

Rapid Turnaround

Please contact us to set up a rapid-turnaround project.

For an extra 35% your project will be expedited for a turn-around time of two weeks.

Artifacts will be shipped back promptly and a copy of the results will be emailed to you.

For large projects, a longer turn-around time might be required.

Obsidian hydration rim found on an Easter Island artifact