How to Distinguish Different Types of Natural Glasses

Author(s)
Ludovic Ferrière, Alvaro P. Crosta, Wencke Wegner, Eugen Libowitzky, Fabio Iwashita, Christian Köberl
Abstract

Combining a number of different analytical methods, we can discriminate between a volcanic origin and an impact origin for the Cali glass. It is an obsidian!

Organisation(s)
Department of Lithospheric Research, Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography
External organisation(s)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHM), Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia)
Pages
1953
No. of pages
2
Publication date
2022
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
105113 Crystallography, 105116 Mineralogy
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/7acce71f-6eba-46b4-a095-aeff740b3653