It is slag-like, opaque material found as vesicular free forms or sheet-like/ropy masses.
It is located throughout a semi-continuous swath in baked pod-like clay-bearing sediment in an area of about 55 kilometres (34 mi) long by 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) along the western side of the Flinders Ranges near Parachilna and east of Lake Torrens.
The region in which this glass is found is mostly restricted to concentrations correlated to the ancient shoreline terrace sequence at the locality.
Pale grey and red-brownish surfaces can be caused by chemical weathering (oxidation, mineralization) and devitrification.
[1][2][3] Proposed origins for Edeowie and other similar lechatelierites include Pleistocene grassland fires, lightning strikes, or hypervelocity impact by one or several asteroids or comets.