Libyan Desert Glass - 12 Grams While it is often confused

While it is often confused with vegetative fossils

what is known as modern-day Utah was covered in a shallow sea and rivers

The natural banding in these glasses is unmatched

commercial-grade citrine is often amethyst that has been heated to extreme temperatures

A collision event that was estimated to have happened around 100 million years ago devastated the asteroid

Libyan Desert Glass - 12 Grams While it is often confusedLibyan 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