Sentence examples for obsidian from inspiring English sources
The word 'obsidian' is correct and usable in written English
It is a noun that refers to a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed as an extrusive igneous rock. It is typically black in color and has a smooth and glassy texture. Example: The archaeologist discovered a sharp obsidian arrowhead at the ancient site, suggesting that the early inhabitants used it as a tool for hunting and warfare.
noun
A type of black glass produced by volcanoes
A team led by Ellery Frahm from the University of Sheffield has found a way to pinpoint the source of artefacts made of obsidian, a glassy rock formed after volcanic lava hardens, on the spot, in ten seconds.Given the painstaking nature of archaeological work, and consequently its leisurely pace, the technique may sound like overkill.
Nor is it restricted to obsidian; other minerals could be analysed, too.
He continued his self-experiments with both of them noting that on his mushroom trip his very German doctor became an Aztec priest who seemed about to slice his chest open with an obsidian knife.
Instead, his work has become a valuable raw material, a kind of musical obsidian for other artists, several of whom have remixed his songs.
Nico Tripcevich of the University of California, Berkeley, used the software to help with his research into the quarrying and trade of obsidian, a kind of volcanic rock used by pre-Hispanic peoples to make tools, weapons and decorative objects as early as 10,000 years ago.
Here, unmoored from the roistering atmosphere of earlier plays, the words occasionally feel too precious: "a chapel of cloud", a sunset "aquamarine to an iris ring of obsidian".
We remonstrate with the boy about wearing such provocative headgear outside an Armenian church but his response is merely to kick the church wall.As we head back to Erzurum in search of some of the city's obsidian necklaces and worry-beads, I brood again on Turkey's fractious politics.
He trained the device to recognise fingerprints of obsidian samples from known locations in Armenia.
Numerous earth goddesses were associated with the fertility of the soil and with the fecundity of women, as Teteoinnan ("Mother of the Gods"), Coatlicue ("One Who Wears a Snake Skirt"), Cihuacóatl ("Serpent-Woman"), and Itzpapálotl ("Obsidian-Butterfly").
Jade beads carved in various animal shapes adorned their waists, and obsidian-inlaid marine shells covered their mouths.
Former madam Long Susan Hart (MyAnna Buring) is now a woman of considerable fortune at the helm of Obsidian Estates, a burgeoning property empire, assisted by the intensely creepy Mr Capshaw.
