Meteorite Impact

32 grams Libyan Desert Glass Tektite Meteorite Impact Specimen


32 grams Libyan Desert Glass Tektite Meteorite Impact Specimen
32 grams Libyan Desert Glass Tektite Meteorite Impact Specimen
32 grams Libyan Desert Glass Tektite Meteorite Impact Specimen
32 grams Libyan Desert Glass Tektite Meteorite Impact Specimen
32 grams Libyan Desert Glass Tektite Meteorite Impact Specimen

32 grams Libyan Desert Glass Tektite Meteorite Impact Specimen   32 grams Libyan Desert Glass Tektite Meteorite Impact Specimen

Libyan Desert glass, or Great Sand Sea glass is an impactite found in areas in the eastern Sahara, in the deserts of eastern Libya and western Egypt. The glass is nearly pure silica, which requires temperatures above 1,600? To form, and that is hotter than any igneous rock on Earth.


32 grams Libyan Desert Glass Tektite Meteorite Impact Specimen   32 grams Libyan Desert Glass Tektite Meteorite Impact Specimen