Libyan Desert Glass - 7 Grams This blood color comes from

This blood color comes from the wear-off of iron over time

It is not uncommon for specimens from this location to contain phantoms and enhydros which are pockets of water with air bubbles

► Hinged Wood Box

occasionally referenced as celestine

000 species of ammonites identified

Libyan Desert Glass - 7 Grams This blood color comes fromLibyan 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