OBSIDIAN
(noun) acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava without crystallization; usually dark, but transparent in thin pieces
Obsidian is used for making surgical scalpel blades. -added by naila_inlas
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Mnemonics for obsidian
(Tag: ) it can be split into ob(blade like)+sea(which contains valconic mountains in) +indian(black in color). implies black valcanic rock.
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(Tag: ) obsi(obese)+indian(are dark color):so fat indian looks like black volcanic rock
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(Tag: ) OBSessive DravIDIAN architects built grand temples of black volcanic rock across south india.
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(Tag: ) sid means sidharth means gautam budh and he calm people having black rock heart
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(Tag: english) sounds like oblivion. may be related to as "an obsidian (black volcanic rock) from oblivion"
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(Tag: ) ob(absolute)+se+dian(disdain implies black)...so absolutely black volcanic rocks
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