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Welcome to my collection of meteorites. All of the items in my collection have a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Mike D. Reynolds, Ph. D.

Type: Tektite; Australian
Location: Australasian Strewn Field

A large object, either an asteroid or a comet blasts the surface of the Earth with such force that it blows molten material of Earth origin up through the atmosphere then rains some of this material back to the surface. This is what meteoriticists think produced the curious shapes in these dry lumps of glass forming a ring sometimes thousands of miles from known large impact craters. These are known as tektites.

Difficult to find, these particular tektites called Australites are found in Australia as well as Tasmania and are nearly three-quarters of a million years old. As with all tektites, Australites are very dry glasses composed mostly of silicates.

The aboriginals of Australia have collected these strange "glasses" for thousands of years believing them to possess special magical powers. They were also used to make weapons and sharp tools.