Obsidian is a naturally occurring glass formed as an extrusive igneous rock. It is produced when acidic lava,extruded from a volcano cools very rapidly, freezing without sufficient time for crystal growth.
Obsidian is commonly found within the margins of rhyolitic lava flows known as obsidian flows, where cooling of the lava is rapid.
Because of the lack of crystal structure, obsidian blade edges can reach almost molecular thinness, leading to its ancient use as stone age knives and arrowheads, and its modern use as surgical scalpel blades.
Obsidian can be found as lumps of rock of any size up to and including an entire mountainside.
Obsidian has several varieties. Obsidian can contain small bubbles of air that are aligned along layers created as the molten rock was flowing just before being cooled. These bubbles can produce interesting effects such as a golden sheen, known as Sheen Obsidian or a rainbow sheen called Rainbow Obsidian. Inclusions of small, white, radially clustered crystals of cristobalite in the black glass produce a blotchy or snowflake pattern producing Snowflake Obsidian. Small nuggets of obsidian that have been naturally rounded and smoothed by wind and water are called Apache Tears.
Often confused with smoky quartz, obsidian has similar properties to quartz because of a similar chemistry. However, many properties dependant on a crystal structure are altered or absent in obsidian because it lacks any crystal structure of its own. The piezoelectric and optical properties in quartz are thus absent in obsidian. Smoky quartz usually has a splotchy or zoned distribution to its color while Obsidian's color is more uniformly distributed.
There are no crystals in obsidian. Obsidian is volcanic glass, and by definition, lacks a crystal lattice (orderly arrangement of atoms). This is an inherently unstable arrangement and over time, obsidian will "devitrify", or alter into crystalline minerals (and therefore no longer be obsidian).
Technically, this is a trick question. Obsidian has no grain size. That is, it cooled too quickly for mineral grains to form. Rocks that form this way are referred to as "glass".
the size of obsidian is huge
the size of the average human head
Obsidian can be any size.
No, not unless it is somehow shaped into a form that displaces less water than it's mass. Obsidian is volcanic glass, glass is much denser than water, therefore sinks.
Obsidian is an extrusive igneous rock because it is formed from the rapid cooling of magma after eruption ontoEarth's surface. The rapid cooling of lava results in a fine-grained texture, or in this case (with obsidian), a glassy texture, where cooling takes place so rapidly that mineral crystals do not have time to form. Rock that is formed from slow cooling magma beneath the surface is intrusive igneous rock, and exhibits visible mineral crystals.Obsidian is an extrusive igneous rock.
Imagine a box 3 feet high by 3 wide and 3 feet deep. That is one (cubic) yard.
The fluffiness of the snow can vary how deep it is compared to an inch of rain. On average, however, ten inches of snow is an inch of rain, so .04 inches of rain is similar to .4 inches of snow.
About 12 inches
Obsidian is not identified, classified, or described by height. It is described by its texture, fracture, hardness, and chemical composition.
26 inches = 2feet 2inches
There is no dirt in a hole that is 3 feet deep and six inches in diameter.
44.88 gallons
about 432 cubic inches
None. There is nothing in a hole.
48 what deep? Inches, miles, etc.
22/7x6x6x6 cubic inches
2.961 US gallons
2 inches = 50.8 millimeters
If it is 4 inches deep/thick, 2 cubic yards. If it is 6 inches deep/thick, 3 cubic yards.
I am building a curb that will be 26 feet long, 6.5 inches wide and 4 inches deep. How much cement do I need?