obsidian
pronunciation
How to pronounce obsidian in British English:
UK [əbˈsɪdiən]
How to pronounce obsidian in American English:
US [ɑbˈsɪdiən]
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- Noun:
- acid or granitic glass; usually dark, but transparent in thin pieces
Word Origin
- obsidian (n.)
- "dark, hard volcanic rock," 1650s, from Latin obsidianus, misprint of Obsianus (lapis) "(stone) of Obsius," name of a Roman alleged by Pliny to have found this rock in Ethiopia.
Example
- 1. The texas show includes an obsidian mask that likely traveled to khara khorum all the way from egypt , lessem says .
- 2. Several years ago company saitek has released a wireless mouse saitek obsidian .
- 3. If obsidian is similar in composition to granite and rhyolite , both of which were originally molten , then why is obsidian glassy ?
- 4. Obsidian slides and great licking tongues ?
- 5. Also included in the find were scraping tools made of rare obsidian found on west fergusson island , 500 kilometres to the east .