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Ixtepeque
Volcán
Ixtepeque
is a
stratovolcano
in
southern
Guatemala
. It consists of several
rhyolitic
lava domes
and
basaltic
cinder cones
.
Its name is
derived
from the
nahuatl
word
for
obsidian
. Ixtepeque was one of the most important
obsidian sources
in
pre-Columbian
Mesoamerica
.