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Lechatelierite is
silica gl****,
amorphous SiO2, non-crystalline mineraloid. It is
named for
Henry Louis Le Chatelier.
Lechatelierite is a
mineraloid as...
- Fulgurite, a
variety of the
mineraloid lechatelierite Jet, non-crystalline nature,
organic (very
compact coal)
Lechatelierite,
nearly pure
silica gl****, solid...
- of silica,
fulgurites are
classified as a
variety of the
mineraloid lechatelierite. When
ordinary negative polarity cloud-ground
lightning discharges into...
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desert gl**** or
Great Sand Sea gl**** is an impactite, made
mostly of
lechatelierite,
found in
areas in the
eastern Sahara, in the
deserts of
eastern Libya...
- in some
meteorite impact sites.
Moganite is a
monoclinic polymorph.
Lechatelierite is an
amorphous silica gl**** SiO2
which is
formed by
lightning strikes...
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extremely low
content of
water and
other volatiles an
abundance of
lechatelierite a
general lack of
microscopic crystals known as
microlites not having...
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geological processes at the site.[citation needed]
Breccia Coesite Lechatelierite Shocked quartz Stishovite French, B.M. (1998).
Traces of catastrophe...
- shock-metamorphic rocks, such as
breccia and pseudotachylite, of Ries crater.
Lechatelierite Seifertite Shatter cone
Shock metamorphism Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1959)...
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blanket Impact crater Impact structure Impactite Late
Heavy Bombardment Lechatelierite Meteorite Moldavite Ordovician meteor event Philippinite Planar deformation...
- some
rocks on the
summit have
melted into a rare
mineraloid known as
lechatelierite, a
variety of fulgurite. The
mountain has
earned the
nickname "the lightning...
