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LOT 2031
Natural History - Meteoritic Tektite Group
1 1/2 - 2 5/8 in. (257 grams total, 37-68 mm).
A group of eight black meteoritic tektites with pocked surfaces. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx UK art market, 1970s.
Property of a London gentleman.
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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