Difference between Obsidian and Onyx

What is the difference between Obsidian and Onyx?

Obsidian as a noun is a type of black glass produced by volcanos while Onyx as a noun is a banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.

Obsidian

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a type of black glass produced by volcanos

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: black

Onyx

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: jet-black

We hope you now know whether to use Obsidian or Onyx in your sentence.

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