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Amazing Folded Lei gong mo Tektite

Please see Norm’s writeup on this amazing folded Lei gong mo tektite in this month’s Norm’s Tektite Teasers

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Large Rizalite Dumbbell 430 Grams by Daniel Sutherland

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Anda Tektite

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Well Preserved Bediasites

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Interesting Indochinite Tektites by Phil Morgan

Stretched Teardrop This Indochinite teardrop weighs 15.7g and measures 25 x 50 mm.  The bottom 1/3 on one side broke away and almost slid off, stretching the still-soft interior. Some might not consider this a true “stretch” tektite since there is only relatively minor angular distortion but this is far from a simple skin split. [...]

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Darwin Glass

Darwin glass is an impactite caused by a meteorite impact. This natural glass is found south of Queenstown in West Coast, Tasmania.               All Photos © Copyright by Daniel Sutherland  

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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

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Philippinites

Below are some very nice Philippinites. In the pictures you can see three Philippinites that resemble Australite cores.        

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Skeletal Remnant of a Hollow Indochinite

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Bikolite Tektites, Philippine

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Billitonite Tektite

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Bediasite Tektite from the Darryl Futrell Collection of Tektites

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Muong Nong Tektite

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