Lot 779
Libyan Desert Glass and Indochinite Tektites. Tektites are a mixture of earth rocks mixed with a sprinkling of meteorite material from an immense explosive event that occurred when a very large rocky meteorite vaporized before impacting the earth. The resulting mixture forms glass-like mixture. The color is usually black such as the 473 gram 4X3.5 inch large specimen from Thailand. It can also be green or yellow if the tektite is formed from sand (silica) such as the 213 gram 4 x 2¼" inch large specimen of Libyan Desert Glass. Both specimens are much larger than normally found. The large black Indochinite looks something like a black piece of petrified wood with a bark-like surface and several areas of glossy black glass areas. The yellow-green Libyan desert glass has a surface of small depressions looking something like regmaglypts that resulted from gasses escaping when they were solidifying in the atmosphere before being redeposited on the ground. The large 213 gram specimen of Libyan Desert Glass was found in the Sahara desert near the border between Libya and Egypt. This an opportunity to acquire two large very different types of tektites. Estimated Value $500 - 700
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