Lechatelierite

Lechatelierite
Lechatelierite created by a high voltage power line arcing on rocky soil
General
CategoryOxides
Formula
(repeating unit)		SiO2
IMA symbolLch[1]
Strunz classification4/D.01-10
Dana classification75.0.0.0
Crystal systemAmorphous
Identification
Formula mass60.08 gm
ColourColourless, white
Crystal habitPorcelainous
CleavageNone
FractureConchoidal
Mohs scale hardness6.5
LusterVitreous
StreakWhite
DiaphaneityTranslucent
Density2.5–2.65

Lechatelierite is silica glass, amorphous SiO2, non-crystalline mineraloid. It is named for Henry Louis Le Chatelier.

Structure

Lechatelierite is a mineraloid as it does not have a crystal structure. Although not a true mineral, it is often classified in the quartz mineral group.

Formation

One common way in which lechatelierite forms naturally is by very-high-temperature melting of quartz sand during a lightning strike. The result is an irregular, branching, often foamy hollow tube of silica glass called a fulgurite.[2] Not all fulgurites are lechatelierite; the original sand must be nearly pure silica.

Lechatelierite also forms as the result of high pressure shock metamorphism during meteorite impact cratering and is a common component of a type of glassy ejecta called tektites. Most tektites are blobs of impure glassy material, but tektites from the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt, known as Libyan desert glass, are composed of almost pure silica that is almost pure lechatelierite.[3] High pressure experiments have shown that shock pressures of 85 GPa are needed to produce lechatelierite in quartz grains embedded in granite.[4]

Lechatelierite was formed during the impact of a meteorite into a layer of Coconino Sandstone at Meteor Crater in Arizona. During the rapid pressure reduction following the impact, steam expanded the newly formed lechatelierite. The shattered and expanded glass has a density less than that of water.[5]

Lechatelierite may also form artificially, a unique example being the trinitite produced by melting of quartz sand at the first nuclear bomb explosion at Trinity Flats, White Sands, New Mexico.[6]

References

  1. ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
  2. ^ Lechatelierite on Mindat.org
  3. ^ Libyan Desert Glass on Mindat
  4. ^ C. Schrand and A. Deutsch, 1998, Formation of Lechatelierite and Impact Melt Glasses in Experimentally Shocked Rocks, Lunar and Planetary Science XXIX 1671.pdf retrieved Sept. 13, 2014
  5. ^ "Puffed up and pulverised". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Lechatelierite Mineral Data" on Mineralogy Database.


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