sheen obsidian

noun

A rare type of volcanic glass that forms when gas bubbles or mineral inclusions become trapped in layers of rapidly cooling lava.

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Meanings

nounsheen obsidian (countable and uncountable, plural sheen obsidians)

plural sheen obsidians

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA rare type of volcanic glass that forms when gas bubbles or mineral inclusions become trapped in layers of rapidly cooling lava.
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