His face was profoundly wrinkled and black, like a mask of obsidian.

脸很黑，有很深的皱纹，好像个黑曜石的面具。

Found in modern day Turkey, these primitive mirrors were made out of a polished volcanic glass called obsidian.

在现代的土耳其发现，这些原始的镜子是由一种叫做黑曜石的抛光火山玻璃成的。

The obsidian was used in a number of tools with sharp or pointy edges.

黑曜石被用于很多工具的锐利边缘或尖刃处。

Her brilliant obsidian eyes were unreadable, but her smile was friendly.

她明朗如黑曜石的眸子有着难以捉摸的神情，但她的微笑很友好。

Traders ferried in flint and obsidian from Guatemala and " artisans were able to model stucco in a very advanced stylistic manner, " says archaeologist Carlos Miguel Varela Sherrer, field chief of the site.

考古学家卡洛斯·米格尔·瓦雷拉·舍雷尔是该遗址的现场负责人，他说：“商人们从危地马拉运来燧石和黑曜石，工匠们能够以非常先进的方模型。”

The researchers described the obsidian tools they found as smaller, of better quality, and more specialized than larger stone tools used by earlier human species.

研究者称，他们发现的黑曜石工具比早期人类使用的大型石块工具更小，质量更好，也更专业化。

Also, in terms of ancient stone tools, they're gonna use things like obsidian, it's volcanic glass.

此外，就古代石器而言，他们会使用黑曜石，这是火山玻璃。

The obsidian was used in a number of tools with sharp or pointy edges. The rock was also found in small, sharp points that could be placed at the end of a piece of wood or bone for use as a weapon.

黑曜石多用于造有锋利尖锐边缘的工具。这种岩石也出现在木或骨武器末端小而尖锐的地方。

The researchers found evidence of obsidian being transported to the Olorgesailie Basin, up to 88 kilometers away from where the rock was found.

研究人员发现了黑曜石被运往奥洛戈赛利叶盆地的证据，盆地距岩石出土地约88公里。

But they did not know what was provided in exchange for the obsidian.

但是，与黑曜石进行交换的是何物呢？对此，科学家就无从得知了。

They also found tools made from obsidian, a volcanic rock that can have an extremely sharp edge.

科学家还发现了用黑曜石成的工具，黑曜石是一种火山岩，其边缘锋利。

He is often depicted with a piece of obsidian in its place.

他常被描绘成用一块黑曜石代替失去的右脚。

And after it cooled off and we chiseled away the actual obsidian.

等它冷却下来，我们凿开了实际的黑曜石。

They used the repository's database to find specimens made of stuff—especially basalt, chert (of which the most familiar type is flint) and obsidian—that hominids had a penchant for working into tools before the development of bronze and iron.

他们使用该存储库的数据库来查找由以下材料成的标本——尤其是玄武岩、燧石（其中最常见的类型是燧石）和黑曜石——原始人在青铜和铁出现之前就喜欢工具。

You know that mountain that we have over there gave us our name of Tequila because when that volcano erupted it gave us a lava stone called obsidian.

你知道吗，我们那边的那座山赋予了我们特基拉这个名字，因为那座火山喷发时，为我们带来了一种名为黑曜石的火山岩。

But you got to remember that it wasn’t just any stone they had, they had obsidian. And umm... obsidian is a black, volcanic, well, almost like glass.

但你必须记住，他们拥有的不仅仅是任何石头，他们还有黑曜石。嗯… … 黑曜石是一种黑色的火山岩，好吧，几乎像玻璃一样。

On the " pale gold" seabed were obsidian rocks with " patches of neon-orange" and sea cucumbers grazing " like tiny translucent-purple cows" .

在“淡金色”的海床上有黑曜石，上面有“霓虹橙色斑块”，海参“像小小的半透明紫色奶牛”一样吃草。

That stuff disintegrated, but they did panel these mud brick buildings with incredible carved bireleafs, you know, obsidian, alabaster.

那些材料都已风化， 但他们确实用令人惊叹的雕刻双叶装饰了这些砖建筑，你知道的， 是用黑曜石和雪花石膏雕刻的。

Occasionally a part of the wall might even go black into pockmarked scorii or into brilliant plains of obsidian.

偶尔，墙壁的一部分甚至会变黑，形成满是坑洞的火山渣，或是闪耀着黑曜石般光泽的平原。

Richard identified both as obsidian. " These are volcanic rock, " he said in his best encyclopedic voice. " But this isn't" . He kicked a washed-out stone and waved at the formation. " This is sediment" . Richard had a talent for scientific trivia.

理查德认出这两块石头都是黑曜石。" 这些是火山石，" 他用他那百科全书无所不知的声音说，" 但这块不是，" 他用脚踢了踢一块褪色的石头，挥手指着那块岩层说：" 这是沉积物。" 理查德有研究科学冷知识的天赋。