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Libyan Desert Glass- Silica (Glass) - Impact Glass from Egypt - Unique shape - Carving scarab from Libyan desert glass in transparent quality - 2.55 x 1.90 cm - 5.25 g
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Libyan Desert Glass- Silica (Glass) - Impact Glass from Egypt - Unique shape - Carving scarab from Libyan desert glass in transparent quality - 2.55 x 1.90 cm - 5.25 g

The Pharao Tutankhamun of Egypt had a scarab from Libyan Glass in his Amulet. This scarab is hand carved from natural Libyan Glass. Four contrast images was created using a slate plate, because of the shaping. Clear image is the right Color. Description: Impactite • Libyan Impact Glass - Unique scarab • Weight: 5.25 g • Dimensions: 2.55 x 1.90 x 0.90 cm • Delivery with authenticity certificate History: Libyan desert glass, 29 million years ago was probably formed when an asteroid or comet hit the surface of the earth like a huge atomic bomb, unleashing enough destructive force to not only liquefy the rocks, sand and dirt at ground zero, but to splash the molten, mixed material up into the wispy outer atmospheric regions. Perhaps some escaped Earth's gravity altogether; the rest plummeted back in a rain of fire and molten glass. The crater marking the original impact site has not been discovered - no doubt it is under millions of pounds of sand. But wherever the original impact responsible for Libyan Desert Glass occurred, the results came to rest in the wilds of the Western Egyptian desert. Fragments of desert glass can be found over large areas, up to tens of kilometers.

No. 9178451

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Libyan Desert Glass- Silica (Glass) - Impact Glass from Egypt - Unique shape - Carving scarab from Libyan desert glass in transparent quality - 2.55 x 1.90 cm - 5.25 g

Libyan Desert Glass- Silica (Glass) - Impact Glass from Egypt - Unique shape - Carving scarab from Libyan desert glass in transparent quality - 2.55 x 1.90 cm - 5.25 g

The Pharao Tutankhamun of Egypt had a scarab
from Libyan Glass in his Amulet.
This scarab is hand carved from natural Libyan Glass.
Four contrast images was created using a slate plate,
because of the shaping.
Clear image is the right Color.

Description: Impactite
• Libyan Impact Glass - Unique scarab
• Weight: 5.25 g
• Dimensions: 2.55 x 1.90 x 0.90 cm
• Delivery with authenticity certificate

History:
Libyan desert glass, 29 million years ago was probably formed when an asteroid or comet hit the surface of the earth like a huge atomic bomb, unleashing enough destructive force to not only liquefy the rocks, sand and dirt at ground zero, but to splash the molten, mixed material up into the wispy outer atmospheric regions. Perhaps some escaped Earth's gravity altogether; the rest plummeted back in a rain of fire and molten glass. The crater marking the original impact site has not been discovered - no doubt it is under millions of pounds of sand. But wherever the original impact responsible for Libyan Desert Glass occurred, the results came to rest in the wilds of the Western Egyptian desert. Fragments of desert glass can be found over large areas, up to tens of kilometers.

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