lechatelierite

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lechatelierite - colorless glass made of almost pure silica

quartz, quartz glass, vitreous silica, crystal

natural glass - magma of any composition that cooled very rapidly

silica, silicon dioxide, silicon oxide - a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite

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Surprisingly, these spherules exhibit conspicuous inclusions of lechatelierite (pure Si[O.sub.2] glass).

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The scientist also discovered a substance called lechatelierite, a type of glass that is formed when quartz melts at temperatures above 1700 degrees.

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Another rare form, called lechatelierite, is a glass formed by the melting of quartz-rich rocks.