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  1. Obsidian
    [video game] Obsidian is a 1996 computer game created by Rocket Science Games for Mac OS and Windows platforms. Based on a game design outline by VP of Development/Creative Director, Bill Davis, and written by Howard Cushnir and Adam Wolff, the genre of the game was a first-person 3-D graphi...
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  2. Obsidian
    [disambiguation] Obsidian is a type of volcanic glass. Obsidian may also refer to: ...
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  3. Obsidian
    [Transformers] Obsidian is the name given to several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. ==Beast Machines== Oddly Obsidian`s tech specs have little or nothing to do with the character as seen on the show, instead being described as a simple drone-general attaché. His...
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  4. Obsidian
    [comics] Obsidian is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. He first appeared in All-Star Squadron #25 (September 1983), and was created by Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway. According to an Infinity, Inc. letter page, Obsidian was named "Todd" after a friend of Thomas. ==Fictional characte...
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  5. Obsidian
    a form of natural volcanic glass used to make projectile points and other tools
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  6. Obsidian
    A super-chilled igneous rock, black in colour and glassy in appearance. Fractures conchoidally. Often formed due to contact with cold seawater as the silicate minerals cool almost immediately, restricting mineral growth. Can also be called volcanic glass.
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  7. obsidian
    [n] - acid or granitic glass
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  8. obsidian
    very viscous lava, rich in silica and lakales,..that..may solidify to bubble-free volcanic glass. Category: The cosmos • a dark, hard, glassy volcanic rock, usually having the same composition as volcanic granite. Category: Chemistry
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  9. obsidian
    Natural glass produced by volcanic action. It is usually black or black-banded, and can be cut and polished and used as a gemstone.
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  10. Obsidian
    Ob·sid'i·an noun [ Latin Obsidianus lapis , so named, according to Pliny, after one Obsidius , who discovered it in Ethiopia: confer French obsidiane , obsidienne . The later editions of Pliny read Obsianus lapis , a...
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  11. obsidian
    <chemical> A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a black colour, and opaque, except in thin splinters. ... In a thin section it often exhibits a fluidal structure, marked by the arrangement of microlites in the lines of the flow of the molten mass. ... Origin: L. Obsidianus l...
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  12. obsidian
    noun acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization; usually dark, but transparent in thin pieces
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  13. Obsidian
    • (n.) A kind of glass produced by volcanoes. It is usually of a black color, and opaque, except in thin splinters.
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  14. obsidian
    natural glass of volcanic origin that is formed by the rapid cooling of viscous lava. Obsidian is extremely rich in silica (about 65 to 80 percent), ... [9 related articles]
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  15. Obsidian
    Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed as an extrusive igneous rock. It is produced when felsic lava extruded from a volcano cools rapidly with minimum crystal growth. Obsidian is commonly found within the margins of rhyolitic lava flows known as obsidian flows, where the chemical ...
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  16. Obsidian
    Glassy dark colored volcanic rock. Usually composed of rhyolite.
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  17. Obsidian
    A volcanic glass that may be clear, black, brown or green in color, which is one of the finest raw materials for the chipping of stone tools.
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  18. obsidian
    Samples of obsidian. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey A dense volcanic glass, usually rhyolite in composition and typically black in color; there is a well known occurrence of it at Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. Compared with window glass, obsidian is rich in iron and magnesium; tiny (less than 0.0...
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  19. obsidian
    obsidian (obsid'ēun) , a volcanic glass, homogeneous in texture and having a low water content, with a vitreous luster and a conchoidal fracture. The color is commonly black, but may be some shade of red or brown, and cut sections sometimes appear to be green. Like other volcanic glasses, ...
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  20. Obsidian
    Obsidian is an extrusive igneous rock that is composed mainly of the minerals feldspar and quartz. It has been used as a natural form of glass for its cutting properties since prehistoric times - being known as volcanic glass - and today is used as a gemstone.
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  21. obsidian
    Black or dark-coloured glassy volcanic rock, chemically similar to granite, but formed by cooling rapidly on the Earth's surface at low pressure. The glassy texture is the result of rapid cooling, which inhibits the growth of crystals. Obsidian was valued by the early civilizations of Mexico for making sharp-edged tools and ceremonial s...
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  22. Obsidian
    A black or dark-colored volcanic glass, usually composed of rhyolite.
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  23. Obsidian
    [1986 video game] Obsidian is an action-adventure computer game for the Amstrad CPC personal computer published by Artic Computing in 1986. The game is set on the titular space station located within the centre of an asteroid, which is out of control and drifting towards a black hole. The pl...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian_(1

  24. Obsidian
    [computer game] The Official Seal of San Pablo City, located in Laguna, Philippines. This image is used under a fair use clause/rationale. == Fair Use for San Pablo City == == Licensing: == ...
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  25. Obsidian
    [1986 Game] Category for players of the `Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers` minor league baseball team, who played in the American Association from 1960-1962 and Pacific Coast League in 1963. ...
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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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