obsidian
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- noun
- /əbˈsɪdiən/
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obsidiana
- The handle was dull black; the blade was obsidian and shone in glints like broken glass.
- obsidian blade
- obsidian tools
- obsidian spear point
So for example, an Obsidian scalpel cuts through flesh much easier with much less force than say, I don't know, a plushie.
- So for example, an Obsidian scalpel cuts through flesh much easier with much less force than say, I don't know, a plushie.
- If that's the stone they were working with Obsidian or Obsidian.
Examples
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I held up a piece of flaked obsidian for her.
Fiction book (2001) -
During the trip, she discovered a number of large obsidian blades at the bottom of a natural swimming hole.
Academic text (2006) -
Oh, we just made a huge Obsidian blade right here.
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And so those are islands of Obsidian crystal sitting in a matrix of Obsidian glass.
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The fill material commonly included various artifacts: bone points, hunks of obsidian, stone axes.
Academic text (2006) -
Other findings include broken but restorable vessels, figurine fragments, and obsidian lance points.
Academic text (2006) -
His beard, squared off about three inches beneath his jaw, glistened like the obsidian rock of his homeland.
Fiction book (1991) -
Helen Pollard and Thomas Vogel discuss the utilization of obsidian sources in the independent Tarascan state.
Academic text (1997) -
At every jade prospect, flaked obsidian from imported stone tools is found in the mounds of jade rubble.
Academic text (1992) -
The indigenous people used obsidian to craft sharp tools and weapons.
Synonyms
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A hard shiny rock made when hot lava cools and hardens very fast
A shiny rock that forms when lava cools very fast
How Glassy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Obsidian comes from the Latin name obsidianus, which one story says was named after a Roman man called Obsidius who brought this dark volcanic glass to Rome. That's why obsidian is a hard, shiny rock that looks like 'glass' and can have very sharp edges.