Definitionn. acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization
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Celts, of the usual late neolithic type, were generally of green jasper; hoe-blades (looking almost exactly like palaeolithic haches a main) of chert or coarse limestone; hammers of granite; mace-heads, of identical type with the early Egyptian, of diorite and limestone; nails of obsidian or smoky quartz, often beautifully made. [Please select]
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Obsidian is a rock which has been made in this way. [Please select]
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Their sharpest tool had been made of chipped obsidian or of hammered copper. [Please select]
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The bottom of the brook was paved with pretty stones and bits of glassy obsidian. [Please select]
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Bingham tells me that such obsidian tips are sometimes found in auriferous gravels there. [Please select]
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Obsidian Cliff is the next object of special interest which is witnessed. [Please select]
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The latter is usually found in the condition known as obsidian, ordinarily black in color, and containing few or no crystals. [Please select]
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