Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-67.140.221.67-20160930231239/@comment-25936766-20161003024826

Atebox wrote: 73.Anon.52 wrote: glass is made using silicates(AKA sand).... provided cinder used actual sand in addition to fire dust it is perfectly possible for orange dust to still make glass weapons and behave as lava even if all it does is fire.... so yes clarification helps.

Lava specifically makes black glass (obsidian) though which sand is not needed. Mmm.....I've wondered for a while, If Cinder made the glass weapons with Dust, be it Fire alone or Fire+Earth, what if she adds Gravity Dust to the equation? It's visual effects are always pitch-black, so I would not be surprised if it made the glass appear black-colored as well as a side effect.

Also, about Lava......it's not like Lava makes Obsidian just like that. Lava only makes obsidian after it's cooled, usually by the air. It's something that takes a while, never happens instantly. Unless Cinder uses Air/Water/Ice Dust alongside whatever she uses to make Lava (which doesn't really look like she does, even in DDI where she had some Ice Dust with her), it should not "glassify" that quickly.