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OBSIDIAN
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization; usually dark, but transparent in thin pieces
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Hypernyms ("obsidian" is a kind of...):
volcanic glass (a kind of natural glass produced when molten lava cools very rapidly)