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Lot Description

Libyan Desert Glass

Circa 800,000 years ago

Length 3 1/4 inches (8.3 cm).

This lot is located in Chicago.

Provenance:
Recovered from The Great Sand Sea, Sahara Desert.

Known as impact glass, this chunk of silicate was formed when an asteroid impacted Earth with such force that it liquefied terrestrial particles blasting them into the atmosphere, after which it descended to Earth as glass.

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