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LOT 2384
Meteorite Crater Tektite Specimen
9 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (425 grams total, 24.9 x 11.3 cm).
Piriform in profile with glossy, pitted surface; displayed in a glazed wooden presentation case. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Asia.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, Specialist Collector.
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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