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Collapsed Lei Gong Mo Bubble Fragment

April 1, 2012

Collapsed Lei Gong Mo Bubble Fragment

A collapsed Lei Gong Mo bubble fragment, Guangdong Province, China (from the author’s private collection) This is a popped bubble where a flap of the skin folded in on itself while still sufficiently hot and plastic to fuse along the inner surface. Both surfaces have seen the same duration of terrestrial etching, but [...]

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Libyan Desert Glass 27.4 grams

March 1, 2012

Libyan Desert Glass 27.4 grams

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February 1, 2012

Philippinites

Below are some very nice Philippinites. In the pictures you can see three Philippinites that resemble AustraliteTektites found in Australia are referred to by this term. They are by current evidence related to and from the same origin event as those from Indochina and the Philippines. Among the various forms that australite occur in are [...]

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Skeletal Remnant of a Hollow Indochinite

January 1, 2012

Skeletal Remnant of a Hollow Indochinite

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Bikolite Tektites, Philippine

December 1, 2011

Bikolite Tektites, Philippine

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Billitonite Tektite

November 1, 2011

Billitonite Tektite

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Bediasite Tektite from the Darryl Futrell Collection of Tektites

October 1, 2011

Bediasite Tektite from the Darryl Futrell Collection of Tektites

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Muong Nong Tektite

September 1, 2011

Muong Nong Tektite

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Extruded Vietnam Indochinite by Sean Murray

August 1, 2011

Extruded Vietnam Indochinite by Sean Murray

Since I have been collecting tektites, I have been intrigued by some of the odd surface features on several of my specimens. I have seen these features described as “impacts,” “bubbles,” and “rings.” But every one I’ve picked up has raised more questions than answers. A few past articles have suggested how these features were [...]

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Unusual Vietnam Tektite

July 1, 2011

Unusual Vietnam Tektite

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Moldavites As Found

June 1, 2011

Moldavites As Found

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Indochinite Tektite Half Disc

May 1, 2011

Indochinite Tektite Half Disc

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Belize Tektites by Brian C. Burrer

April 1, 2011

Belize Tektites by Brian C. Burrer

While working near San Ignacio, Belize around 1990 geologist Jean Cornec was given a rounded black glassy pebble. This stone had been found close to Mayan ruins at Bullet Tree Falls, Cayo district, Belize. The specimen was assumed by Jean to be obsidian until seeing a tektiteA natural glass object formed by the melting of [...]

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Indochinite 69.7 Grams

March 1, 2011

Indochinite 69.7 Grams

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Muong Nong Tektite

February 1, 2011

Muong Nong Tektite

A perfect 3.5 kg specimen of Muong Nong from Laos with no chips or damages at all. The 2 cent piece has a diameter of aproximately 2 cm.

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