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| (2019) doi: 10.1111/maps.13250 Libyan Desert Glass area in western Egypt: Shocked quartz in bedrock points...January 2019) Abstract–Libyan Desert Glass (LDG) is an enigmatic natural glass, about 28.5 million years...the Great Sand Sea in western Egypt, near the Libyan border. The glass occurs as centimeter- to decimeter-sized...partly or completely digested minerals, such as lechatelierite, baddeleyite (a high-T breakdown product of...meteoritic component in some of the glass samples. The source material of the glass remains an open question. Geochemical |
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| particles In tektites. were fused quartz (lechatelierite). Later, during National Science Foundation-supported...that the content and character of bubbles in lechatelierite can be used as.a relative temperat~re scale...Texas Centennial Exposition of 1936. I described new meteorite finds and the newly discovered tektites...reported the discovery in 1932 of silica glass in the Libyan Desert, which, with the finding of tektites...meaningless maze of great circles." Not even one new strewn-field has been found in the ensuing 50 years |
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| (2017) doi: 10.1111/maps.13030 Mullite in Libyan Desert Glass: Evidence for high-temperature/low-pressure...November 2017) Abstract–Libyan Desert Glass (LDG) is a SiO2-rich natural glass whose origin, formation...The object is dominantly composed of siliceous glass and separated from the surrounding LDG by numerous...of inclusions, such as quartz, cristobalite, lechatelierite, zircon, baddeleyite, rutile, anatase, corundum...Underwood INTRODUCTION Libyan Desert Glass (LDG) is a very silica-rich natural glass that occurs as irregular |
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| com/loi/tigr20 Flickering flames over the Libyan Desert? John M. Saul To cite this article: John M.... Saul (2018): Flickering flames over the Libyan Desert?, International Geology Review To link to this...the Libyan Desert? John M. Saul ORYX, Paris, France ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY Libyan Desert Glass (LDG)...ultrahigh-temperature glass composed of nearly pure SiO2. LDG is found as surface float in Egypt’s Libyan (Western)...(Western) Desert, its strewnfield defined by the intersection of major faults. Extra-terrestrial components are |
 | Alte da Veiga, Nuno M. S., MartĂn-Gil, Francisco J., MartĂn-Gil, JesĂşs, Gomes, Elsa Maria Carvalho, MartĂn-Ramos, Pablo (2021) Physico-chemical study of an exogenic fulgurite from a thunderstorm on 10th August 2013 in Dallas, TX. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 48 (3) doi:10.1007/s00269-021-01134-w | Journal (article/letter/editorial) |
| Droplet fulgurite · FTIR · Keraunology · Natural glass · Raman spectroscopy · Telluric Introduction High-energy...Fe3Si) or naquite (FeSi); and melted ÂSiO2 glass, or lechatelierite, which cannot be produced volcanically...larger than the diameter of the resulting fulgurite glass). A minor fifth type corresponds to droplet-like...Chemistry of Minerals (2021) 48:12 Fig. 1  a Libyan “desert glasses” from Dakhleh Oasis and other sites...sites in the Great Sand Sea at the Egyptian-Libyan border, originated from sand melted by a meteorite. b |
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| · Yasser Abd El-Rahman Editors The Geology of Egypt Regional Geology Reviews Series Editors Roland...require when beginning investigations in a particular area and are encouraged to include as much information...Geology of Egypt 123 • Editors Zakaria Hamimi Department of Geology Benha University Benha, Egypt Jesús...El-Barkooky Department of Geology Cairo University Giza, Egypt Harald Fritz Department of Geology and Environment...El-Rahman Department of Geology Cairo University Giza, Egypt ISSN 2364-6438 ISSN 2364-6446 (electronic) Regional |
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| prepared for one or two regions of 45 × 60 µm2 matrix area for each thin section. The X-ray maps were acquired...Zr/Ba and Sm/Nd, respectively. We will also discuss new results for carbonaceous chondrites. References:...option totally unlikely. Walton et al. [8]. provided new Ar-Ar analyses in melt inclusions from shergottites...elements. To confirm this interpretation and obtain new insights on CAI and chondrule formation we performed...Meeting of the Meteoritical Society: Abstracts 5003 NEW K-AR DATING ON IMPACT-GENERATED MELT FROM THE CARSWELL |
Libyan Desert Glass area, New Valley Governorate, Egypt