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Pair Of Large Tektites From Libya and Thailand

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:263.00 USD Estimated At:525.00 - 800.00 USD
Pair Of Large Tektites From Libya and Thailand
<Our item number 111454><B>Pair Of Large Tektites From Libya and Thailand.</B> Tektites are a mixture of earth rocks mixed with a sprinkling of meteorite material from an immense explosive event that occured when a very large rocky meteorite vaporized before impacting the earth. The resulting mixture forms glass-like mixture. The color is usually black, such as the 303 gram 4.25x2.0 inch large specimen from Thailand. It can also be green or yellow such as the 383 gram 4.25x2.5 inch large specimen of Libyan Desert Glass. Both specimens are much larger than normally found and possess the characteristic surface of small craters that resulted from gasses escaping when they were solidifying in the atmosphere before being redeposited on the ground. The large 383 gram specimen of Libyan Desert Glass, found in the Sahara desert near the border between Libya and Egypt, is specially valuable as most pieces encountered are only 20-50 grams in weight. This a chance to have two tecktites of similar size representing twove ry different types of tektites.<BR><BR>Add &#36; 15 for domestic shipping. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;525-800. <BR><BR>Our item number 111454<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://64.60.141.195/photos/40jpegs/111454.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>