Exhibit 23.1
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                   Consent of Independent Auditors


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8, No.33-8302) pertaining to the 1981 and 1986 Incentive Stock Option
Plans of LSB Industries, Inc. and the Registration Statement (Form S-3, No.
33-69800) and related Prospectus of LSB Industries, Inc. of our report dated
March 16, 1998, except for the fourth paragraph of Note 5(A), as to which the
date is April 8, 1998 with respect to the consolidated financial statements
and schedule of LSB Industries, Inc. included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K)
for the year ended December 31, 1997.




                                   ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
April 8, 1998