Volcanic-glass
noun
1.
a natural glass produced when molten lava cools very rapidly; obsidian.
volcanic glass
noun
1.
any of several glassy volcanic igneous rocks, such as obsidian and pitchstone
volcanic glass
Natural glass produced by the cooling of molten lava too quickly to permit crystallization. Obsidian is a type of volcanic glass.
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