Snowflake Obsidian’s Little Winter Landscape
Pale grey and whitish patches scatter across the black to dark grey surface of this raw snowflake obsidian. Its chunky, irregular outline brings angular edges together with rounded corners, while uneven ridges give the mottled pattern a landscape of its own.
Bright highlights catch the shinier areas, contrasting with duller textures and deep shadow. Obsidian forms as volcanic glass when lava cools rapidly, giving crystals little opportunity to grow—a discovery that adds another layer of interest to this meeting of dark colour, pale markings and reflected light.
In an imagined night scene, those pale patches might become drifting lanterns, scattered at different distances across a dark sky. The ridges keep the view from feeling flat: each bright mark belongs to an uneven little terrain, rather than a smooth field of stars.
