Where it forms, where it's found
48recorded occurrences
Physical
- Hardness
- 1Talc
- 2Gypsum
- 3Calcite
- 4Fluorite
- 5Apatite
- 6Orthoclase
- 7Quartz
- 8Topaz
- 9Corundum
- 10Diamond
Crystallography
- Comment
Amorphous
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Kieselglas
- Leszaterjeryt
- Libyanit
- Libyanita
- Libyanite
In other languages
- French
- lechateliérite
- German
- Lechatelierit
- Spanish
- Lechatelierita
- Italian
- Lechatelierite
- Portuguese
- lechatelierite
- Japanese
- ルシャトリエライト
- Chinese
- 焦石英
- Russian
- Лешательерит
- Arabic
- ليتشاتيليريت
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.DA.30
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.DMetal: Oxygen = 1:2 and similarDivision
- 4.DAWith small cations: Silica familyGroup
- 4.DA.30LechatelieriteSpecies
CIM
—7.8.6
- 7Oxides and HydroxidesClass
- 7.8Oxides of SiGroup
- 7.8.6LechatelieriteSpecies
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1915Lacroix A (1915) La silice fondue considérée comme minéral (lechateliérite). Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie 38, 182-186
- 1930Rogers, A.F. (1930) A unique occurrence of lechatelierite or silica glass, American Journal of Science: 19: 195-202.
- 1962Frondel, Clifford (1962) The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Seventh edition, Volume III: 325.
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Lechatelierite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/lechatelierite-2363},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}