Lechatelierite
SiO₂
Silica glass formed by lightning strike
Properties
- Chemical formula
- SiO₂
- Group
- Silicates
- Crystal system
- Amorphous solid
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 5,5
- Color
- —
- Luster
- —
- Streak
- —
- Density
- 2,115 g/cm³
- Cleavage
- —
- Fracture
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- Tenacity
- —
- Crystal habit
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- Transparency
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- Space group
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- Fluorescence
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- Magnetism
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- Radioactivity
- —
- Refractive index
- —
- Optical character
- —
- Birefringence
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- Pleochroism
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- Strunz classification
- 4.DA.30
- Dana classification
- —
- IMA status
- Questionable (Q)
- IMA symbol
- Lch
- Locality
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- Type locality
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- Discovery year
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Etymology
Named after Henry Louis Le Châtelier
Source: Wikidata
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