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LOT 2721
Meteorite Crater Tektite Specimen Collection [6]
1 1/8 - 1 7/8 in. (170 grams total, 29-47 mm).
Pebble-like black specimens of meteoric glass of various shapes and sizes. [6, 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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