Category:Desert glass
English: Silicon dioxide as Desert glass are various types of natural glass found in deserts.
- Desert glass can be formed from the silica in sand as a result of lightning strikes or meteor impacts.
- Names and sites include:
- Libyan desert glass - Libyan Desert (Saharan Egypt & Libya)
- Edeowie glass - South Australia.
- Darwin glass - West Coast, Tasmania.
- Fulgurite - northern Florida-U.S. and elsewhere.
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
F
- Fulgurites (1 P, 71 F)
L
- Libyan desert glass (37 F)