Golden Sheen Obsidian Metaphysical Properties Golden sheen obsidian is believed, by crystal practitioners, to be particularly suitable for scrying. This makes obsidian tools or weapons a valuable resource to archaeologists for tracking trade routes or dating graves and settlements, as their source volcano and eruption can be determined through analysis. The chemical make-up of obsidian also varies among volcanic sources-sometimes even different eruptions of the same volcano have different chemical types. Golden sheen obsidian is formed when patterns of gas bubbles are aligned along layers created by the flowing lava before it solidified. It is not considered a true mineral, as it does not have an entirely consistent chemical content and it does not form crystals.Ĭolor in obsidian varies, depending on impurities in the parent lava formation. Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed in swiftly cooling lava that has a high silica content. Xenocrates says that Obsian stone is found in India also, and in Samnium in Italy and that it is a natural product of Spain, upon the coasts which border on the Ocean."
Many persons use it for jewelery, and I myself have seen solid statues in this material of the late Emperor Augustus.
This stone is of a very dark color, and sometimes transparent. "Among the various kinds of glass, we may also reckon Obsian glass, a substance very similar to the stone which Obsius discovered in Æthiopia. Golden Sheen Obsidian History Obsidian gets its English name from a mistranslation of Natural History by Pliny the Elder (the guy who died at Pompeii):
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