Meteor Impactite | Libyan "Desert Glass"

Meteor Impactite | Libyan "Desert Glass"History of the Artifact Libyan Desert Glass is a natural impactite formed in the eastern Sahara, most famously within the Great Sand Sea of modern day Libya and neighboring Egypt. This pale yellow to greenish glass formed when an intense meteor related event released enormous heat that melted surface sands, rapidly cooling into glass scattered across the desert. Unlike volcanic glass, its chemistry reflects the fusion of quartz rich sand under extreme

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