Desert glass
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Desert Glass, Libyan Desert Glass (LDG), Edeowie Glass, or Great Sand Sea Glass is found in large (tens of kilometers) regions of sandy deserts in the Libyan Desert, Africa, and in South Australia.
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[edit] The geologic origin
The origin of the glass is a controversial issue for the scientific community. Meteoric origins were long suspected, but then research linked the glass to evidence of impact mechanics (vaporized quartz and meteoric metals) and to an impact crater. The topic is currently still evolving, and some geologists associate the glass not with impact melt ejecta, but with radiative melting from meteoric large aerial bursts, i.e., the glass would be analogous to trinitite created from sand exposed to the thermal radiation of a fireball.
[edit] Pseudoscientific speculation
In their book, The Atlantis Blueprint[1] — which focuses on a theory placing Atlantis in Antarctica — Rand Flem-Ath and Colin Wilson propose that the Libyan Desert glass in particular is the result of the use of either nuclear power or nuclear weapons (though the earlier is favoured) by the "Ancients", referring to a race of beings who inhabited Earth shortly before the time of the Ancient Egyptians — around 100,000 to 20,000 BCE. The authors justify their view by noticing the similarities between the Libyan Desert glass and the glass found in South Australia, which is often used for nuclear testing.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Rand Flem-Ath and Colin Wilson, The Atlantis Blueprint, ISBN 0-7515-3100-6
[edit] Literature
- V. de Michele (ed.): Proceedings of the Silica '96 Meeting on Libyan Desert Glass and related desert events, Bologna, 1997 Contents
- P.A. Clayton / L.J. Spencer: Silica Glass from the Libyan Desert, Vortrag vom 09.11.1933 online
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