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Item: Libyan Desert Glass
Locality: Libya/Egypt
Weight: 284.30 carats, 56.80 grams
Length: 70mm
(No.): A117
Libyan
Desert Glass is a silicate of mysterious origin that comes from a large
field in eastern Egypt and western Libya. The glass is, by many,
believed to have been created as the result of a meteorite impact. Another
theory on the origin of the glass purportedly argues the glass is the
result of a nuclear explosion. Ancient tools have been knapped from the
material and a large carved piece of it has appears at the center of a
scarab found in the tomb of King Tut (a piece that has a lot of lore
surrounding it and was, apparently, originally thought to be calcite).
Please note that some of these pieces have damage. I have done my best to show this in the photos, if it exists.
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