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LOT 2363
Meteoritic Tektite Specimen Group
2 - 4 in. (112 grams total, 5-10.3 cm).
Comprising two rounded specimens and one long ,branch-like specimen. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection, London, 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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