Libyan Desert Glass - 5 Grams Location: India

Location: India

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Location: Kem Kem Beds

3 ozFossil Type & Species: Body Fossil in Shale & Elrathia sp

It is actually the same mineral as labradorite but contains a different colored base

Libyan Desert Glass - 5 Grams Location: IndiaLibyan Desert Glass (LDG), is a tektite found in the Sahara deserts of Western Egypt, near the Libyan border. No one is positive about how this tektite has formed. Some research suggests the impact of a meteorite may have caused it. The heat and pressure from this impact would have melted the silica through radiation, similar to the thermal radiation present in a nuclear explosion. Another theory is the bursting of an asteroid as it passes through