Libyan Desert glass R060357

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Name: Libyan Desert glass
RRUFF ID: R060357
Ideal Chemistry: SiO2
Locality: Libyan Desert, Sahara Desert, Egypt
Source: Herb Obodda 017 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pale tan amorphous fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060357.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: Si1.00O2
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R060357
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060357.1
Sample Description: Powder, amorphous
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REFERENCES for Libyan Desert glass

Clayton P A, Spencer L J (1934) Silica-glass from the Libyan Desert, Mineralogical Magazine, 23, 501-508   [view file]

Faulques E, Fritsch E, Ostroumov M (2001) Spectroscopy of natural silica-rich glasses, Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 96, 120-128   [view file]

Kovaleva E, Helmy H, Belkacim S, Schreiber A, Wilke F D H, Wirth R (2023) Libyan Desert Glass: New evidence for an extremely high-pressure-temperature impact event from nanostructural study, American Mineralogist, 108, 1906-1923