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LOT 2556
Meteorite Crater Tektite Specimen Collection [5]
1 1/4 - 3 3/8 in. (150 grams total, 31-86 mm).
Pebble-like black specimens of meteoric glass of various shapes and sizes. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Footnotes
Tektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments.
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