Libyan Desert Glass - 6 Grams skinny needle-like crystals

skinny needle-like crystals

It is a 170-carat

Here is a great example of labradorite both polished and in its raw form

Mahajanga is a port city on the north coast

3 ozFossil Type & Species: Compression & Cardiospermum coloradensisLocation: Green River Formation

Libyan Desert Glass - 6 Grams skinny needle-like crystalsLibyan 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