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Black Desert (Libyan Desert), Central Egypt, Egypt Tektite - (Impactite) - overall size 3,7x2x1cm - December of 2002 More or less to at thirty million years it collided an asteroid where today it is the desert in Egypt and that it exploded before reaching the soil, generating temperatures of the order to 1800 degrees that made to melt the sand and the rock, giving the " Desert Glass " |
| © Martins da Pedra | Photo ID: 40399 View Count: 422 |
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Black Desert (Libyan Desert), Central Egypt, Egypt Tektite also known as "lybic glass". Specimen size: 3.5x5.3x2.7 cm Luca Toffolo's photo and collection |
| © Luca Toffolo | Photo ID: 222981 View Count: 48 |
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