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rainbow obsidian

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables
rain-bow ob-sid-i-an
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of colorful, striped obsidian originating from Mexico which contains oriented nanorods of hedenbergite, causing the rainbow striping effects by thin-film interference.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

rainbow obsidians (plural)

Questions

What does rainbow obsidian mean?
A type of colorful, striped obsidian originating from Mexico which contains oriented nanorods of hedenbergite, causing the rainbow striping effects by thin-film interference.

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