Lot 538
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 303 gram 4.25 x 2.0 inch large specimen from Thailand. It can also be green or yellow such as the 383 gram 4.25 x 2.5 inch large specimen of Libyan Desert Glass. Both specimens are much larger than normally found and possess the characteristic surface of small craters that resulted from gasses escaping when they were solidifying in the atmosphere before being redeposited on the ground. The large 383 gram specimen of Libyan Desert Glass, found in the Sahara desert near the border between Libya and Egypt, is especially valuable as a 125 gram specimen sold for over $6000 in a New York auction in October, 2007. This an opportunity to acquire two large very different types of tektites.
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Estimated Value $500 - 750.
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