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A usually black or banded, hard volcanic glass that displays shiny, curved surfaces when fractured and is formed by rapid cooling of lava.

In ancient Mexico and surrounding regions Obsidian was known as iztli or teotetl, meaning “the divine stone,” used to carve amulets, jewelry, grave ornaments, and images of the god Tezcatlipoca, whose name means “smoking mirror,” and who was said to see all that occurred in the world and heavens through his Obsidian mirror.

noun
(mineralogy) A type of black glass produced by volcanoes.
noun
A hard, usually dark-colored or black volcanic glass with conchoidal fracture, often used as a gem.
noun
  • Obsidian definition: 1. A type of almost black rock that is like glass 2. A type of almost black rock that is like glass.
  • Obsidian translation in English - French Reverso dictionary, see also 'obstetrician',obstinacy',obstinate',observant', examples, definition, conjugation.
A shiny, usually black, volcanic glass. Obsidian forms above ground from lava that is similar in composition to the magma from which granite forms underground, but cools so quickly that minerals do not have a chance to form within it.

Origin of obsidian

  • Latin obsidiānusmisreading ofobsiānus (lapis)Obsian (stone), obsidianafter Obsius, a Roman who supposedly discovered it or a similar mineral
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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ob·sid·i·an

(ŏb-sĭd′ē-ən)n.
A usually black or banded, hard volcanic glass that displays shiny, curved surfaces when fractured and is formed by rapid cooling of lava.
[Latin obsidiānus, misreading of obsiānus (lapis), Obsian (stone), obsidian, after Obsius, a Roman who supposedly discovered it or a similar mineral.]
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obsidian

(ɒbˈsɪdɪən) n
(Geological Science) a dark volcanic glass formed by very rapid solidification of lava. Also called: Iceland agate
[C17: from Latin obsidiānus, erroneous transcription of obsiānus (lapis) (stone of) Obsius, the name (in Pliny) of the discoverer of a stone resembling obsidian]
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ob•sid•i•an

(əbˈsɪd i ən)
n.
a volcanic glass similar in composition to granite, usu. dark but transparent in thin pieces, and having a good conchoidal fracture.
[1790–1800; < Latin Obsidiānus, printer's error for Obsiānus pertaining to Obsius, the discoverer (according to Pliny) of a similar mineral in Ethiopia; compare Middle English obsianus < Latin; see -an1]
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ob·sid·i·an

(ŏb-sĭd′ē-ən)
A shiny, usually black, volcanic glass. Obsidian forms from lava that cools so quickly that minerals do not have a chance to form within it.
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obsidian

Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
Noun1.obsidian - acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization; usually dark, but transparent in thin pieces
volcanic glass - a kind of natural glass produced when molten lava cools very rapidly
Meaning
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Meaning Of Obsidian In English Language

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