{"id":10361,"date":"2021-10-01T16:22:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T14:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cubar.starboost.biz\/lobsidienne\/au-commencement-le-mont-ararat\/"},"modified":"2022-05-17T13:49:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T11:49:21","slug":"au-commencement-le-mont-ararat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/en\/lobsidienne\/au-commencement-le-mont-ararat\/","title":{"rendered":"In the beginning: Mount Ararat"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10361\" class=\"elementor elementor-10361 elementor-7000\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-138c03f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"138c03f9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19499648\" data-id=\"19499648\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d4c76c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d4c76c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In the beginning: Mount Ararat<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12f3920 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12f3920\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tObsidian is a semi-precious stone born of volcanoes. It was created hundreds of thousands of years ago, when acidic lava suddenly cooled and vitrified from the thermal shock.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9535174 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9535174\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/images_Michel-der-Agobian-obsidienne.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10345\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/images_Michel-der-Agobian-obsidienne.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/images_Michel-der-Agobian-obsidienne-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/images_Michel-der-Agobian-obsidienne-1020x678.png 1020w, https:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/images_Michel-der-Agobian-obsidienne-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Michel der Agobian carries a block of obsidian extracted from a flow<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c3ba94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c3ba94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt comes in various colorings: black, gray, blue-gray, brown and red. It takes on different shadings according to its composition, cooling time and impurities.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b69d5a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b69d5a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSC_1529_2048x512_web.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"bloc obsidienne grise\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c353cf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c353cf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tObsidian is a rare stone. In fact not all volcanoes produce it. And when they do, the stone is not always of sufficiently good quality for cutting.\r\n\r\ncub-ar&#8217;s obsidian originates on the slopes of the same Mount Ararat where Genesis tells us Noah&#8217;s ark came to rest &#8220;<em>By the end of fifty days the waters had receded and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark grounded on a mountain in Ararat.<\/em>&#8220;(Genesis 8:5).\r\n\r\nThe obsidian from Ararat Mount is highly consistent and renowned for its beauty. And it is the only obsidian in the world that is translucent.\r\n\r\nCut in thin layers, it becomes transparent and the stripes that run through it produce strange designs reminiscent of sumi-e\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d5847d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d5847d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/DSC_1542_2018x512.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"d\u00e9tail bloc obsidienne fauve\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21c69d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21c69d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"fr\" data-phrase-index=\"0\" data-number-of-phrases=\"1\"><span class=\"Q4iAWc\">The stripes form random designs that are visible in transparency.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Several Armenian sites are mined. The most recent date from the Middle Pleistocene (700,000 to 100,000 years ago) while the oldest go back to the Pliocene (4 to 2 million years). Thus the cub-ar obsidian collection contains stones typically 2 million years old!<\/p>\n<p>The history of obsidian is the history of mankind. First used in the remote past for everyday objects, it slowly became a luxury, prized for its black brilliance, its rarity and its beneficial powers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a5f9dfe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a5f9dfe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eae8364\" data-id=\"eae8364\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09ca052 elementor-grid-2 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 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https:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/nuancier_ronce-obsidienne_recadr.jpg 1226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/en\/lobsidienne\/obsidian-from-ararat-mount-color-chart\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tObsidian from Ararat Mount color chart\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/en\/lobsidienne\/obsidian-from-ararat-mount-color-chart\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Obsidian from Ararat Mount color chart\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tread more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-14029 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry entry has-media owp-thumbs-layout-horizontal owp-btn-normal owp-tabs-layout-horizontal has-no-thumbnails has-product-nav\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/en\/lobsidienne\/histoire-dobsidienne\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/blocs-obsidienne_Mont-Ararat-768x154.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-14839\" alt=\"obsidian blocks from Ararat Mount\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/blocs-obsidienne_Mont-Ararat-768x154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/blocs-obsidienne_Mont-Ararat-400x80.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/blocs-obsidienne_Mont-Ararat-150x30.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/blocs-obsidienne_Mont-Ararat-1536x307.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/blocs-obsidienne_Mont-Ararat.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/en\/lobsidienne\/histoire-dobsidienne\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tObsidian story\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cub-ar.com\/en\/lobsidienne\/histoire-dobsidienne\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Obsidian story\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tread more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obsidian is a semi-precious stone born of volcanoes. 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