Libyan Gold Tektite - 067

Description:  This listing is for the exact piece of Libyan Gold Tektite pictured.

Weight: Approx.  46.09 grams

Size: Approx.  48.0mm x 32.6mm x 27.2mm

Properties:

Libyan Gold Tektite is a yellow tektite or meteoric impact glass. It’s quite like moldavite, but rather than Coke-bottle green, it’s gold or yellow. High-quality specimens have mottled and sculptural surfaces and are more translucent. Mid-grade specimens are more like a cloudy quartz—there’s a whiteness inside them rather than a clear transparency.

The textural surface feels smooth and matte finish in your fingers. The whole presence of the stone radiates an otherworldly and hyperdimensional aura. 

The major component of Libyan Desert Glass is almost pure molten silica glass, Lechatelierite. The meteoric impact that shock-fused the sand and sandstone to form this new hybrid of extraterrestrial and terrestrial material took place 29 million years ago. 

We are obsessed with this gem as healers because it is “the hottest naturally occurring silica" and contains very high quantities of silica. Silica is the great record-keeper of this universe. It is the most programmable element in Nature. It is the greatest book in the cosmic library of heaven! Learn the full story in our course Temple of Stone where we study meteorites in depth. 

From Meteoric and Planetary Science Journal:

Microscopic analysis of sandstones from the southern Libyan Desert Glass strewn field reveals a sequence of progressive deformation features, which range from unaffected rock to extreme brecciation. The quartz grains show a wide range of deformation features: crushing and fracturing, undulatory extinction, mosaicism, oriented cleavage, partial isotropization and multiple sets of planar deformation features. This preliminary report provides the first description of these shock indicators, which are typical for hypervelocity impact.

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