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LOT 1699
Natural History - Large Meteoritic Tektite Group
1 5/8 - 2 in. (850 grams total, 41-52 mm).
A group of ten large tektite meteoric glass, melted terrestrial rock splashed from an impact crater, most roughly ovoid in shape. [10, No Reserve]
Provenance
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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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