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lechatelierite

lechatelierite \lechatelierite\ n. A naturally occurring colorless glass made of almost pure silica, and found in fulgurites, which are produced by lightning striking sand.

Syn: quartz glass, vitreous silica, crystal.

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lechatelierite

n. colorless glass made of almost pure silica [syn: quartz glass, quartz, vitreous silica, crystal]

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Lechatelierite

Lechatelierite is silica glass, amorphous SiO, non-crystalline mineraloid.

Usage examples of "lechatelierite".

The windows were made of lechatelierite, a kind of compressed glass also created by the impact.

The Sufis called out to each other when they looked through the lechatelierite windows, and quickly they suited up to go out into this crimson world, into the wind, calling to Boone to accompany them.