Australite Tektite, 2.4g, South-Western Australia African Crystals Mineral: Phenakite on Albite

Mineral: Phenakite on Albite

until 2023

Mundrabilla Iron Meteorite

Size: 25 x 16 x 11mm

Australite Tektite, 2.4g, South-Western Australia African Crystals Mineral: Phenakite on AlbiteAustralites are tektites, a natural glass created during a meteorite impact. Australites formed about 700,000 800,000 years ago when a massive meteorite impacted Earth. The impact glass was blasted high into the upper atmosphere, where it cooled and began its descent back to Earth. As the tektites re entered our atmosphere, traveling at high velocity, aero dynamic ablation occurred, causing the outer surface of the tektite to melt away, leaving the