glassy
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Mint.com founder and former CEO Aaron Patzer purchased his modern, glassy, five-bedroom home on 22 acres of oceanfront property—located about an hour’s drive north of Auckland, New Zealand—for $2 million.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Researchers also detected rare inclusions of lechatelierite, a high temperature glassy silica that forms during extreme heating, further confirming an impact origin.
From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026
The glassy cylinder is the planet's oldest ice and was drilled from deep inside the Antarctic ice sheet.
From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025
The shards, or clasts, have a glassy luster, making them look a lot like obsidian, a glass formed from lava when it cools very quickly.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2025
Their hands clawed for any crack in the glassy rock.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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