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Australite Tektite, 1.59g, South-Western Australia
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Australite Tektite, 1.59g, South-Western AustraliaAustralites are tektites, a natural glass formed during a meteorite impact. Australites formed about 700,000 800,000 years ago when a massive meteorite impacted Earth. The impact glass was blasted high into the upper atmosphere, where it cooled and began its descent back to Earth. As the tektites re entered our atmosphere, traveling at high velocity, aero dynamic ablation occurred, causing the outer surface of the tektite to melt away, leaving the
where the structure of carbon atoms change from graphite to diamond or lonsdaleite (hexagonal diamond)
dissolve outdated patterns
who considered it to be one of the most unique Gibeon meteorites he’d seen
Due to regional instability and restricted access to the tektite strewn field site
Dimensions: 19 x 16 mm
Blanchard Mine
The Trinity Site remains closed to the public most of the year
it has a semi-translucent to opaque gray color
Size: 15 x 6mm
4 billion year old ultramafic layered intrusion
this placed an export ban on meteorites
Chaffee County
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