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LOT 2763
Meteoritic Tektite Specimen
2 5/8 in. (12.3 grams, 68 mm).
A cigar-shaped specimen with dimpled surface. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom South East Asia.
Acquired from Organica Gems.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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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