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obsidian

[uhb-sid-ee-uhn] / əbˈsɪd i ən /






NOUN
lava
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Elordi strides naturally through the film’s burning-of-Atlanta orange sunscapes and its grasslands stabbed by obsidian spikes of rock.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2026

At 20F they might as well be carved obsidian.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 18, 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

One gem is thought to be a rare, 2nd Century head of the Greek hero Hercules made from obsidian, a type of volcanic glass.

From BBC May 27, 2024

It wasn’t that he was ugly—in fact, his tanned face was rather pleasant, but there was something nasty about his demeanor, about his obsidian eyes as they shifted and met her own.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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