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a liquid that forgot how to flow, frozen mid-decision for ten thousand years
means A hard, transparent, usually brittle material made by melting sand and other minerals, or any object made from it such as a drinking vessel or windowpane.
from From Old English 'glæs', sharing roots with Germanic cousins like German 'Glas' and Dutch 'glas'. The deeper trail likely leads to an ancient root meaning 'to shine' or 'glow' — the same gleam that surfaces in words like 'glare' and 'glance'. Fittingly, the word for the see-through stuff began as a word for brightness itself.
- not solid
- technically an amorphous solid, neither liquid nor crystal
- infinitely recyclable
- melts and reforms forever with zero quality loss
- lightning glass
- strikes on sand fuse hollow tubes called fulgurites
- natural source
- volcanoes make obsidian, sharper than surgical steel
- sees through
- transparent because electrons can't absorb visible light
venetian glass — glassmaking tradition from murano, venice since the 13th century, known for intricate techniques and colored glass
steuben glass — american luxury glassware manufacturer founded in corning, new york in 1903, famous for crystal art glass
baccarat crystal — french luxury glass manufacturer established in 1764, producing fine crystal tableware and decorative objects