Home › Entities › general › Libyan desert glass

Libyan desert glass

natural quartz glass, probably created by a meteorite impact
Thing general Q1778748
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Libyan desert glass

Summary

Libyan desert glass ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (668 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Libyan desert glass is in the country of Egypt[2].
  • Libyan desert glass is made of lechatelierite[3].
  • Libyan desert glass's location of discovery is recorded as Great Sand Sea[4].
  • Libyan desert glass is a type of impact glass[5].
  • Libyan desert glass is a type of fused quartz[6].
  • Libyan desert glass's Commons category is recorded as Libyan desert glass[7].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include impact glass[5] and fused quartz[6].

Why It Matters

Libyan desert glass ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (668 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Egypt

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . mindat.org. mindat.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . mindat.org. mindat.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Libyan desert glass. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/libyan-desert-glass
MLA “Libyan desert glass.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/libyan-desert-glass.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_libyan-desert-glass_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Libyan desert glass}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/libyan-desert-glass}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Libyan desert glass — https://4ort.xyz/entity/libyan-desert-glass (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/libyan-desert-glass · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P973]]: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/libyjske-pustne-sklo/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User tal"
  2. 22d ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → impact glass, fused quartz
    Location of discovery → Great Sand Sea
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P973]]: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/libyjske-pustne-sklo/, Add Slovak descriptive resource (P973)"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.