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Libyan Desert Glass
Tears from Heaven ! Libyan Desert Glass : Libyan Desert Glass is the remaining evidence of a tremendous asteroid or comet impact with Earth. Probably an air burst explosion caused the released sufficient heat to melt and fuse to glass the surface of the ground. We have some very nice specimens of Libyan Desert Glass.
Libyan Desert Glass (sometimes referred to as Egypt or Egyptian Desert Glass) is a rare and beautiful impact glass, found in only one remote location on Earth, near the Libyan/Egyptian border
Impactglass, : 99 % SiO2, Inclusions of Cristobalite & Lechatelierite
Age : 28.5 Million Years
Hardness : 6,
Spec. Weight : 2.206 - 2.202
(LINK and the story from the specialized journal at the University of Arkansas.)
*Look at Video LDG click this link --> Physicist Mark Boslough discusses his theory on the formation of desert glass and his asteroids research (3:48)
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| Code : 000017 This is a superb piece which has been beautifully sculpted and polished by the unrelenting wind/sand... | |
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| Code : 000013 Impact glass Libyan Desert
23.8 grams
Thin highly translucent specimen actually almost transpa... | |
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| Code : 000014 Impact glass Libyan Desert
24.0 grams
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| Code : 000124 Impact glass Libyan Desert
35 grams Premium specimen
173 ct
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| Code : 000015 Impact glass Libyan Desert
46.9 grams Premium specimen
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| Code : 000125 Impact glass Libyan Desert
93.6 grams Premium specimen
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| Code : 000129 Impact glass Libyan Desert
107.4 grams Premium specimen
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